1 Samuel 25:39 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, Who has pleaded the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and kept His servant from evil. For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him as his wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Common English Bible

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Bless the LORD, who has rendered a verdict regarding Nabal’s insult to me and who kept me, his servant, from doing something evil! The LORD has brought Nabal’s evil down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, saying that he would take her as his wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: "Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head." Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ And when David had heard that Nabal was dead he said: Blessed be the Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil; and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. Then David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife.

1 Samuel 25:39 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:16

And David said to him, “Your blood be upon your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the Lord's anointed.’ ”

1 Kings 2:44

The king also said to Shime-i, “You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to David my father; so the Lord will bring back your evil upon your own head.

Esther 7:10

And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his wicked plot which he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Psalm 7:16

His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.

Psalm 9:5

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Proverbs 22:23

for the Lord will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.

Proverbs 31:10

A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Song of Solomon 8:8

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.

2 Corinthians 13:7

But we pray God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 4:18

The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Judges 5:2

“That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord!

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 25:26

Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:32

And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

1 Samuel 25:34

For as surely as the Lord the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”

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 26:10

And David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.