1 Samuel 25:36
Good News Translation
Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.

New Revised Standard Version
Abigail came to Nabal; he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

Contemporary English Version
Abigail went back home and found Nabal throwing a party fit for a king. He was very drunk and feeling good, so she didn't tell him anything that night.

New American Bible
When Abigail came to Nabal, he was hosting a banquet in his house like that of a king, and Nabal was in a festive mood and very drunk. So she said not a word to him until daybreak the next morning.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king: and Nabal's heart was merry, for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king: and Nabal's heart was merry, for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.

a feast

2 Samuel 13:23 And it came to pass after two years, that the sheep of Absalom were shorn in Baalhasor, which is near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons:

Esther 1:3-7 Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes, and for his servants, for the most mighty of the Persians, and the nobles of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in his sight, . . .

Luke 14:12 And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren nor thy kinsmen nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.

merry

2 Samuel 13:28 And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying: Take notice when Ammon shall be drunk with wine, and when I shall say to you: Strike him, and kill him, fear not: for it is I that command you: take courage, and be valiant men.

1 Kings 20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the two and thirty kings with him, who were come to help him.

Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.

Proverbs 23:29-35 Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:2,3 Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived? . . .

Ecclesiastes 10:19 For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

Isaiah 28:3,7,8 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet. . . .

Jeremiah 51:57 And I will make her princes drunk, and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the king whose name is Lord of hosts.

Daniel 5:1-5 Baltasar, the king, made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles: and every one drank according to his age. . . .

Nahum 1:10 For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.

Habakkuk 2:15,16 Woe to him that giveth drink to his friend, and presenteth his gall, and maketh him drunk, that he may behold his nakedness. . . .

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.

Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy.

Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 5:7,8 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night. . . .

she told him

1 Samuel 25:19 And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.

Psalm 112:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

Context
Abigail Intercedes for Nabal
35And David received at her hand all that she had brought him, and said to her: Go in peace into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and honoured thy face. 36And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king: and Nabal's heart was merry, for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.37But early in the morning, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:19
And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:37
But early in the morning, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

2 Samuel 13:28
And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying: Take notice when Ammon shall be drunk with wine, and when I shall say to you: Strike him, and kill him, fear not: for it is I that command you: take courage, and be valiant men.

Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.

Proverbs 23:30
Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink off their cups.

Isaiah 5:11
Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine.

Hosea 4:11
Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, take away the understanding.

1 Samuel 25:35
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