1 Samuel 25:33
and blessed be thy conduct, and blessed be thou, who hast hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.
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1 Samuel 24:19And thou hast told me today what good thou hast done me, how the Lord shut me up into thy hands today, and thou didst not slay me.
1 Samuel 25:31then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thy handmaid to do her good.
Psalms 141:5I looked on my right hand, and behold, 1 For there was none that noticed me; 1 Refuge failed me; 1 And there was none that cared for my soul. 1
Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life: 1 But the man void of understanding shall die by a snare. 1
Proverbs 25:12In an earring of gold a precious sardius is also set; 1 So is a wise word to an obedient ear. 1
Proverbs 28:23He that reproves a man’s ways 1 Shall have more favor than he that flatters with the tongue. 1
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 →