1 Samuel 25:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And you should also be praised. Your good sense kept me from taking revenge and killing innocent people.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let your faithful people correct and punish me. My prayers condemn the deeds of those who do wrong, so don't let me be friends with any of them.

Exodus 22:2

But if you cannot afford to replace the animals, you must be sold as a slave to pay for what you have stolen. If you steal an ox, donkey, or sheep, and are caught with it still alive, you must pay the owner double. If you happen to kill a burglar who breaks into your home after dark, you are not guilty. But if you kill someone who breaks in during the day, you are guilty of murder.

Proverbs 13:14

Sensible instruction is a life-giving fountain that helps you escape all deadly traps.

Proverbs 17:10

A sensible person accepts correction, but you can't beat sense into a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

Listening to good advice is worth much more than jewellery made of gold.

Proverbs 27:21

Gold and silver are tested in a red-hot furnace, but we are tested by praise.

Proverbs 28:23

Honest correction is appreciated more than flattery.

Proverbs 9:9

If you have good sense, instruction will help you to have even better sense. And if you live right, education will help you to know even more.

1 Samuel 24:19

If you really were my enemy, you wouldn't have let me leave here alive. I pray that the LORD will give you a big reward for what you did today.

1 Samuel 25:26

but please take this gift of food that I've brought and share it with your followers. The LORD has kept you from taking revenge and from killing innocent people. But I hope your enemies and anyone else who wants to harm you will end up like Nabal. I swear this by the living LORD and by your life.

1 Samuel 25:31

and now your conscience will be clear, because you won't be guilty of taking revenge and killing innocent people. When the LORD does all those good things for you, please remember me.