1 Samuel 25:33

New American Bible - revised edition

Blessed is your good judgment and blessed are you yourself. Today you have prevented me from shedding blood and rescuing myself with my own hand.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me. Do not withhold oil from my head while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.

Exodus 22:2

But if after sunrise he is thus beaten, there is bloodguilt.] He must make full restitution. If he has nothing, he shall be sold to pay for his theft.

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

Proverbs 17:10

A single reprimand does more for a discerning person than a hundred lashes for a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

A golden earring or a necklace of fine gold— one who gives wise reproof to a listening ear.

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible for silver, the furnace for gold, so you must assay the praise you receive.

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes another wins more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct the wise, and they become still wiser; teach the just, and they advance in learning.

1 Samuel 24:19

You have declared this day how you treated me graciously: the Lord delivered me into your hand and you did not kill me.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now, therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from avenging yourself by your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord become as Nabal!

1 Samuel 25:31

you shall not have any regrets or burdens on your conscience, my lord, for having shed innocent blood or for having rescued yourself. When the Lord bestows good on my lord, remember your maidservant.”