1 Samuel 25:37 Meaning and Explanation
“But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.”
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Read Full Chapter →When sober, Nabal hears the news, and his heart fails so that he becomes like stone.
What Does 1 Samuel 25:37 Mean?
In the morning, with the wine worn off, Abigail tells Nabal everything, and the shock is too great: his heart dies within him and he becomes as a stone. The man so hard toward others is now struck motionless himself.
The folly that hardened his heart toward David now seems to harden his very body. Sobered too late, Nabal faces the truth of how close his pride brought his house to destruction. The story quietly shows that a heart set like stone against God and neighbor cannot long stand, and that judgment, when it comes, often answers the very hardness that defied it.
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What does 1 Samuel 25:37 mean?
When sober, Nabal hears the news, and his heart fails so that he becomes like stone.