1 Samuel 25:11

WEB

¹¹Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”

KJV

¹¹Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

BSB

¹¹Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

FBV

¹¹Why should I take the bread and water I've supplied, and the meat I've slaughtered for my shearers, and hand it over to these strangers? I don't even know where they're from!”

Extra References

Judges 8:6

⁶The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

Galatians 6:10

¹⁰So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

1 Samuel 25:3

³Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.

Deuteronomy 8:17

¹⁷and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

Psalms 73:7-8

⁷Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. ⁸They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

John 9:29-30

²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”

³⁰The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

1 Samuel 24:13

¹³As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.

2 Corinthians 6:9

⁹as unknown and yet well known, as dying and behold—we live, as punished and not killed,

Job 31:17

¹⁷or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

¹⁴But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them. ¹⁵But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.