1 Samuel 25:33

The English Standar Version

Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let a righteous man strike me -- it is a kindness; let him rebuke me -- it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

Exodus 22:2

[2] "If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

Proverbs 27:21

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

Proverbs 28:23

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

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction[2] to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; 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 go away safe? So may the LORD reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:31

my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant."