1 Samuel 25:31 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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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, and do me the kindness, I pray you, to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

2 Samuel 22:48

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

Psalm 94:1

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

Luke 23:42

And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

Romans 12:19

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

Romans 14:21

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

2 Corinthians 1:12

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

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see to it, and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:30

And 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 discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!

1 Samuel 25:40

And when the servants of David 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 every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed.