1 Samuel 25:33

Catholic Public Domain Version

And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.

Exodus 22:2

If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood.

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, so that he may turn aside from the ruin of death.

Proverbs 17:10

A correction benefits more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

Whoever reproves the wise and obedient ear is like an earring of gold with a shining pearl.

Proverbs 27:21

In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.

Proverbs 9:9

Present an opportunity to the wise, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach the just, and he will hurry to receive it.

1 Samuel 24:19

And you have revealed this day the good that you have done for me: how the Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.

1 Samuel 25:31

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."