1 Samuel 25:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for having saved himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ This shall be no staggering grief to you or cause for pangs of conscience to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause or that my lord has avenged himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then [earnestly] remember your handmaid.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

Common English Bible

³¹ don’t let this be a blot or burden on my master’s conscience, that you shed blood needlessly or that my master took vengeance into his own hands. When the LORD has done good things for my master, please remember your servant.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or hast revenged thyself: and when the Lord shall have done well by my lord thou shalt remember thy handmaid.

1 Samuel 25:31 Cross References

Genesis 40:14

But remember me when it is well with you; please do me the kindness to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this place.

2 Samuel 22:48

the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

Psalm 94:1

O Lord, you God of vengeance, you God of vengeance, shine forth!

Luke 23:42

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”

Romans 12:19

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 14:21

it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord, therefore, be judge and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it and plead my cause and vindicate me against you.”

1 Samuel 25:30

When the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince over Israel,

1 Samuel 25:33

Blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who kept me today from bloodguilt and from avenging myself by my own hand!

1 Samuel 25:40

When David’s servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards everyone for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the Lord gave you into my hand today, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed.