1 Samuel 25:26

And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and + 25:26 Gr. saving your hand for yourself. from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

In Context

25Let not my lord, I pray you, take to heart this pestilent man, + 25:25 Heb. and Alex.+ 'even Nabal' for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom you did send.

27And now accept this + 25:27 Gr. blessing. token of goodwill, which your servant has brought to my lord, and you shall give it to the servants that wait on my lord.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:26And she said, I pray you, my lord, as your soul lives, I am the woman that stood in your presence with you while praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 20:16should it happen that the name of Jonathan be revealed by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.

1 Samuel 25:33and blessed be your conduct, and blessed be you, who have hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.

2 Kings 2:2And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray you; for God has sent me to Baethel. And Elisaie said, + 2:2 Gr. the Lord lives if, etc. As the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you; so they came to Baethel.

Proverbs 31:12For she employs all her living for her husband's good.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:19-32

Abigail Meets David. ( b. c. 1057.) 18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down… Read the whole commentary →

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