1 Samuel 25:34

New American Bible - revised edition

Otherwise, as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come so promptly to meet me, by dawn Nabal would not have had so much as one male left alive.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:6

God answered him in the dream: Yes, I know you did it with a pure heart. In fact, it was I who kept you from sinning against me; that is why I did not let you touch her.

Joshua 10:6

Thereupon, the Gibeonites sent an appeal to Joshua in his camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up here quickly and save us. Help us, because all the Amorite kings of the mountain country have joined together against us.” Joshua’s Victory.

Joshua 10:9

After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua made a surprise attack upon them,

1 Samuel 11:11

The next day, Saul arranged his troops in three companies and invaded the camp during the dawn watch. They slaughtered Ammonites until the day had gotten hot; by then the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together. Saul Accepted as King.

1 Samuel 25:18

Abigail quickly got together two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of pressed raisins, and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

1 Samuel 25:22

May God do thus to David, and more, if by morning I leave a single male alive among all those who belong to him.”

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 25:39

Hearing that Nabal was dead, David said: “Blessed be the Lord, who has defended my cause against the insult from Nabal, and who restrained his servant from doing evil, but has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” David Marries Abigail and Ahinoam. David then sent a proposal of marriage to Abigail.