1 Samuel 25:24

Modern English Version

So she fell at his feet and said, “Against me alone, my lord, is the guilt. Please let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.

Cross References

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah approached him and said, “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh.

2 Samuel 14:12

Then the woman said, “Allow your servant to speak a word to my lord the king.” So he said, “Speak.”

2 Samuel 14:9

The Tekoan woman responded to the king, “May guilt rest upon me and the house of my father, my lord the king, and may the king and his throne be blameless.”

2 Samuel 20:17

When he came near, the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He said, “I am.” She said to him, “Listen to the words of your servant,” and he said, “I’m listening.”

2 Kings 4:37

Then she came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

Esther 8:3

Then Esther spoke again to the king and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to avert the evil of Haman the Agagite, and the scheme that he had devised against the Jews.

Proverbs 25:15

With patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue will break a bone.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the angry spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your position, for calmness pacifies great offenses.

Matthew 18:29

“So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and entreated him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’

1 Samuel 24:8

David arose afterward and went out from the cave. And he called after Saul saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David had bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage.

1 Samuel 25:23

When Abigail saw David, she hurriedly got down from the donkey and fell before David upon her face. And she bowed herself to the ground.

1 Samuel 25:25

Please do not let my lord set his heart against this worthless man, against Nabal. For as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

1 Samuel 25:28

“Please forgive the transgression of your handmaid, for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil will not be found in you all your days.