1 Samuel 25:23

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When Abigail saw David, she hurriedly dismounted from her donkey, fell facedown at David’s feet, and bowed to the ground with deep respect.

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  • 1 Sam 20:41 : 41 When the boy had gone, David got up from the south side and fell facedown on the ground. He bowed three times, and then they kissed each other and wept together—David weeping the most.
  • Josh 15:18 : 18 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb asked her, 'What do you want?'
  • Judg 1:14 : 14 When she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"
  • 1 Sam 24:8 : 8 With these words, David restrained his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

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  • 1 Sam 25:39-42
    4 verses
    84%

    39When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, 'Blessed be the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for insulting me, and has kept me, his servant, from wrongdoing. The Lord has brought Nabal’s wickedness upon his own head.' Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

    40David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, 'David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.'

    41Abigail got up, bowed with her face to the ground, and said, 'Here is your servant, ready to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

    42Abigail quickly got on a donkey, accompanied by five of her young women as attendants. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

  • 1 Sam 25:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18Then Abigail quickly gathered two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred pressed fig cakes, and she loaded them on donkeys.

    19She said to her servants, "Go ahead of me; I will follow you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

    20As she was riding her donkey down into a ravine, David and his men were descending toward her, and she met them.

  • 1 Sam 25:24-25
    2 verses
    81%

    24She fell at his feet and said, "My lord, let the blame be on me alone. Please let your servant speak to you, and hear the words of your servant.

    25Please, my lord, pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal. He is exactly what his name suggests—his name means ‘fool,’ and folly goes with him. But I, your servant, did not see the men my lord sent.

  • 1 Sam 25:31-36
    6 verses
    75%

    31my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord has brought my lord success, remember your servant.

    32David said to Abigail, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me.

    33Blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

    34Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has prevented me from harming you, if you had not hurried to come to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning.

    35Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought to him and said, 'Go home in peace. See, I have listened to your words and granted your request.'

    36When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk, so she told him nothing at all until daybreak.

  • 1 Sam 25:14
    74%

    14One of Nabal’s young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, "David sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our master, but he screamed insults at them.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    74%

    20When Araunah saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    73%

    21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. He went out from the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.

  • Judg 1:14
    73%

    14When she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"

  • Josh 15:18
    72%

    18When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb asked her, 'What do you want?'

  • 1 Sam 25:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was intelligent and beautiful, but Nabal, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

    4While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

    5David sent ten young men and instructed them, "Go to Carmel, find Nabal, and greet him on my behalf.

  • 2 Sam 14:4
    72%

    4When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, prostrated herself, and said, "Help, O king!"

  • Gen 24:52
    71%

    52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 1:2
    71%

    2On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he arrived before David, he fell to the ground and showed respect.

  • Num 22:25
    70%

    25When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    70%

    33So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, who came to the king and bowed himself down with his face to the ground before him. And the king kissed Absalom.

  • Num 22:33
    70%

    33The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.'

  • Gen 24:64
    70%

    64Rebekah also looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from the camel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:16
    70%

    16Bathsheba bowed low and paid homage to the king. The king asked her, "What is it you want?"

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
    70%

    24Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, "Lead on; don’t slow down for me unless I tell you."

  • Num 22:27
    70%

    27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it lay down under Balaam, and he became very angry and beat it with his staff.

  • 1 Sam 25:9
    70%

    9When David’s young men arrived, they delivered this message to Nabal in David’s name and waited.

  • Num 22:23
    70%

    23When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam struck the donkey to make it turn back onto the road.

  • 1 Kgs 1:23
    70%

    23The king was informed, "Nathan the prophet is here." So Nathan came before the king and bowed with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Sam 24:8
    69%

    8With these words, David restrained his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

  • 1 Kgs 1:31
    69%

    31Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground to pay homage to the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever!"

  • 2 Sam 14:22
    69%

    22Joab fell with his face to the ground in homage, and he blessed the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request."

  • 2 Sam 17:23
    69%

    23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, set out for his house in his hometown, set his house in order, and then hanged himself. He died and was buried in his father's tomb.

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
    69%

    28King David responded, "Call Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before him.

  • Num 22:31
    68%

    31Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

  • Judg 19:3
    68%

    3Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He took with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, the woman’s father saw him and was glad to welcome him.

  • 1 Sam 25:27
    68%

    27Now let this gift that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

  • 1 Sam 28:14
    68%

    14Saul asked her, "What does he look like?" She replied, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe." Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground in reverence.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 15:5
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    5Whenever a man approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him.

  • 2 Sam 15:32
    67%

    32When David reached the summit where he worshiped God, Hushai the Archite met him. His robe was torn, and there was dirt on his head.

  • 2 Sam 9:6
    67%

    6When Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth!" "At your service," he replied.

  • Gen 24:26
    67%

    26Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord.