15 Bible Verses that Reference What Does the Bible Say about Abigail, verse , and description
- 1 Samuel 25:3 – Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his doings.
- 1 Samuel 25:32-33 – And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! And blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!
- 1 Samuel 25:42-43 – Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:18 – Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep ready prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 25:23-25 – When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him.
- 1 Samuel 25:28 – Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
- 1 Samuel 25:35 – So David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”
- 1 Samuel 25:39 – When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
- 1 Samuel 25:44 – Now when the messengers came to David, David said to them, “Stay here tonight, and in the morning I will send you on your way.” So the messengers stayed with David that night.
- 1 Samuel 25:42 – And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
- 1 Samuel 25:32 – Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
- 1 Samuel 25:41 – She arose, and bowed herself on her face to the ground, and said, “Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
- 1 Samuel 25:36 – And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
- 1 Samuel 25:24 – So let not my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
- 1 Samuel 25:33 – Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!
