Storyteller7777
Storyteller7777's Highlights
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:28 NLT
Please forgive me if I have offended you in any way. The LORD will surely reward you with a lasting dynasty, for you are fighting the LORD’s battles. And you have not done wrong throughout your entire life.
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:27 NLT
And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:26 NLT
“Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:25 NLT
I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don’t pay any attention to him. He is a fool, just as his name suggests. But I never even saw the young men you sent.
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:18 NLT
Abigail wasted no time. She quickly gathered 200 loaves of bread, two wineskins full of wine, five sheep that had been slaughtered, nearly a bushel of roasted grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 fig cakes. She packed them on donkeys
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:13 NLT
“Get your swords!” was David’s reply as he strapped on his own. Then 400 men started off with David, and 200 remained behind to guard their equipment.
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:3 NLT
This man’s name was Nabal, and his wife, Abigail, was a sensible and beautiful woman. But Nabal, a descendant of Caleb, was crude and mean in all his dealings.
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 25:1 NLT
Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah. Nabal Angers David Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.
Mar 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:16 NLT
When David had finished speaking, Saul called back, “Is that really you, my son David?” Then he began to cry.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:19 NLT
Who else would let his enemy get away when he had him in his power? May the LORD reward you well for the kindness you have shown me today.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:20 NLT
And now I realize that you are surely going to be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will flourish under your rule.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:22 NLT
So David promised this to Saul with an oath. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went back to their stronghold.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:21 NLT
Now swear to me by the LORD that when that happens you will not kill my family and destroy my line of descendants!”
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:18 NLT
Yes, you have been amazingly kind to me today, for when the LORD put me in a place where you could have killed me, you didn’t do it.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:17 NLT
And he said to David, “You are a better man than I am, for you have repaid me good for evil.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:15 NLT
May the LORD therefore judge which of us is right and punish the guilty one. He is my advocate, and he will rescue me from your power!”
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:12-13 NLT
“May the LORD judge between us. Perhaps the LORD will punish you for what you are trying to do to me, but I will never harm you. As that old proverb says, ‘From evil people come evil deeds.’ So you can be sure I will never harm you.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:11 NLT
Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:10 NLT
This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn’t true. For the LORD placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king—he is the LORD’s anointed one.’
Mar 7
Storyteller7777
highlighted 1 Samuel 24:8 NLT
David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him.
Mar 7