1 Samuel 25:33

Modern English Version

And blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you who have kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. Let him rebuke me; it shall be an excellent oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.

Exodus 22:2

If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, then there will be no blood guilt for him.

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to turn a man away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 17:10

One rebuke goes deeper into a wise man than a hundred blows into a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but a man is tested by his praise.

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

1 Samuel 24:19

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him safely go away? Therefore may the Lord reward you well for what you have done for me this day.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from coming in bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those seeking to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:31

that this will be no grief to you, nor an offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.”