1 Samuel 25:33

The Scriptures 1998

“And blessed is your good taste, and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous one smite me Or reprove me in kindness – It is oil on my head. Let my head not refuse it. My prayer is still against their evil deeds.

Exodus 22:2

“If the thief is found breaking in, and he is smitten so that he dies, there is no guilt for his bloodshed.

Proverbs 13:14

The Torah of the wise is a fountain of life, Turning one away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 17:10

Reproof enters deeper into a wise man Than a hundred blows on a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

A ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, Is a wise one’s reproof to an ear that hears.

Proverbs 27:21

A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.

Proverbs 28:23

He who reproves a man finds more favour afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise one, and he is wiser still; Teach a righteous one, and he increases in learning.

1 Samuel 24:19

“For if a man finds his enemy, shall he let him get away safely? And let יהוה  reward you with good for what you have done to me today.

1 Samuel 25:26

“And now my master, as יהוה  lives and as your being lives, since יהוה  has withheld you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies be as Naḇ

1 Samuel 25:31

do not let this be a staggering and stumbling of heart to my master, that you have shed blood without cause, or that my master has saved himself. And when יהוה  has done good to my master, then remember your female servant.”