1 Samuel 25:39

Bible in Basic English 1965

And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:16

And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

1 Kings 2:44

And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

Esther 7:10

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

Esther 9:25

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

Psalm 7:16

His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

Psalm 9:5

You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

Proverbs 22:23

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

Proverbs 31:10

Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

Proverbs 31:30

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

Song of Solomon 8:8

We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?

Micah 7:9

I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

2 Corinthians 13:7

Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 4:18

The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Judges 5:2

Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:15

So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

1 Samuel 25:26

So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:32

And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

1 Samuel 25:34

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

1 Samuel 25:40

And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, 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, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.