1 Samuel 25:23

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665 · Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · Public domainGerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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1 Samuel 25:23 (WEB)
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.

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Augustine of Hippo, Against Lying Chapter 21
“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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Ruth 2:10
Ruth 2:10 and 1 Samuel 25:23 share the same wording (9 words).

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VerseRuth 2:10

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PassageAgainst Lying Chapter 21

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