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1Sa 25:22 — So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

So and more		Nothing can justify this conduct of David, which was rash, unjust, and cruel in the extreme. David himself condemns it, and thanks God for being prevented from executing this evil. (1Sa 25:32-34) 1Sa 3:17; 1Sa 14:44; 1Sa 20:13,16; Rth 1:17
if I leave		1Sa 25:34
any that pisseth, etc.		"This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the Israelites; and may with the utmost propriety be read ""any male."" 1Ki 14:10; 1Ki 16:11; 1Ki 21:21; 2Ki 9:8"

Correlating Passages

So and more

	1Sa 25:32	And David said to Abigail, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
	1Sa 25:33	And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
	1Sa 25:34	For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
	1Sa 3:17	And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
	1Sa 14:44	And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
	1Sa 20:13	The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
	1Sa 20:16	So Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying], Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies.
	Rth 1:17	Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.

if I leave

1Sa 25:34

For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

any that pisseth, etc.

	1Ki 14:10	Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, [and] him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
	1Ki 16:11	And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, [that] he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
	1Ki 21:21	Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
	2Ki 9:8	For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 25:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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