1 Samuel 25:22 (WEB)
God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Augustine of Hippo
“Or, truly, because David swore to put Nabal to death, and, upon more considerate clemency, did it not, shall we therefore say that he is to be imitated, so that we may swear to do a thing which afterwards we may see to be not meet to be done?” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xxv. 22–35
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVII.25Conference XVII
“…executing it, saying: “As the Lord liveth, if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light a single male.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xxv. 22, 34.
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