1 Samuel 25:33

and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me,

34For in very deed, as LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting thee, unless thou had hastened and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:19For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away well? Therefore LORD reward thee good for that which thou have done to me this day.

1 Samuel 25:31that this shall be no grief to thee, nor offence of heart to my lord, either that thou have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid

Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man smite me, [as] a kindness. And let him reprove me, [as] oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.

Proverbs 13:14The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 25:12An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Proverbs 28:23He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:33-36

David Blesses Abigail. ( b. c. 1057.) 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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