1 Samuel 25
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Then a Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and b lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went down c to the Wilderness of Paran.
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Now there was a man d in Maon whose business was in e Carmel, and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of f Caleb.
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When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was g shearing his sheep,
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David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
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"And thus you shall say to him who lives in prosperity: h 'Peace be to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!
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'Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us, and we did not hurt them, i nor was there anything missing from them all the while they were in Carmel.
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'Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on j a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.' "
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So when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.
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Then Nabal answered David's servants, and said, k "Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.
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l "Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?"
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So David's young men turned on their heels and went back; and they came and told him all these words.
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Then David said to his men, "Every man gird on his sword." So every man girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went with David, and two hundred m stayed with the supplies.
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Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he reviled them.
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"But the men were very good to us, and n we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the fields.
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"They were o a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.
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"Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for p harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a q scoundrel that one cannot speak to him."
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Then Abigail made haste and r took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
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And she said to her servants, s "Go on before me; see, I am coming after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
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So it was, as she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the hill; and there were David and his men, coming down toward her, and she met them.
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Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has t repaid me evil for good.
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u "May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I v leave w one male of all who belong to him by morning light."
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Now when Abigail saw David, she x dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.
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So she fell at his feet and said: "On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant.
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"Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
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"Now therefore, my lord, y as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has z held you back from coming to bloodshed and from a avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, b let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
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"And now c this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
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"Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For d the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord e fights the battles of the LORD, f and evil is not found in you throughout your days.
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"Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be g bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall h sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.
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"And it shall come to pass, when the LORD has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you i ruler over Israel,
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"that this will be no grief to you, nor 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 maidservant."
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Then David said to Abigail: j "Blessed is the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
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"And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have k kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.
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"For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has l kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely m by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!"
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So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, n "Go up in peace to your house. See, I have heeded your voice and o respected your person."
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Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, p holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.
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So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.
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Then it happened, after about ten days, that the LORD q struck Nabal, and he died.
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So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, r "Blessed be the LORD, who has s pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has t kept His servant from evil! For the LORD has u returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head." And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
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When the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, "David sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife."
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Then she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, "Here is your maidservant, a servant to v wash the feet of the servants of my lord."
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So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, attended by five of her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.
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David also took Ahinoam w of Jezreel, x and so both of them were his wives.
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But Saul had given y Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from z Gallim.
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1 Samuel 23:29
Then David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at En Gedi.
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1 Samuel 28:3
Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the spiritists out of the land.
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Numbers 20:29
Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
Deuteronomy 34:8
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.
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Genesis 21:21
He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Numbers 10:12
And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
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1 Samuel 23:24
So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
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Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah.
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Joshua 15:13
Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron ( Arba was the father of Anak).
1 Samuel 30:14
"We made an invasion of the southern area of the Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire."
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Genesis 38:13
And it was told Tamar, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
2 Samuel 13:23
And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; so Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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Judges 19:20
And the old man said, "Peace be with you! However, let all your needs be my responsibility; only do not spend the night in the open square.
1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the captains, and he said: " We are yours, O David; We are on your side, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, And peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." So David received them, and made them captains of the troop.
Psalms 122:7
Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.
Luke 10:5
"But whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this house.'
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1 Samuel 25:15
But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the fields.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has repaid me evil for good.
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Nehemiah 8:10 - 12
Then he said to them, "Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Esther 8:17
And in every province and city, wherever the king's command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther 9:19
Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth day of the month of Adar with gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and for sending presents to one another.
Esther 9:22
As the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of sending presents to one another and gifts to the poor.
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Judges 9:28
Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?
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Judges 8:6
And the leaders of Succoth said, " Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
Judges 8:15
Then he came to the men of Succoth and said, "Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you ridiculed me, saying, ' Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your weary men?'
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1 Samuel 30:24
"For who will heed you in this matter? But as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike."
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1 Samuel 25:7
Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us, and we did not hurt them, nor was there anything missing from them all the while they were in Carmel.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has repaid me evil for good.
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Exodus 14:22
So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
Job 1:10
Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
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1 Samuel 20:7
If he says thus: ' It is well,' your servant will be safe. But if he is very angry, be sure that evil is determined by him.
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Deuteronomy 13:13
Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods" ' - which you have not known -
Judges 19:22
As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!
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Genesis 32:13
So he lodged there that same night, and took what came to his hand as a present for Esau his brother:
Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, And a bribe behind the back, strong wrath.
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Genesis 32:16
Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put some distance between successive droves.
Genesis 32:20
"and also say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us."' For he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me."
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1 Samuel 24:17
Then he said to David: "You are more righteous than I; for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.
Psalms 109:5
Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
Proverbs 17:13
Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house.
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Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.
1 Samuel 3:17
And he said, "What is the word that the LORD spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you.
1 Samuel 20:13
May the LORD do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And the LORD be with you as He has been with my father.
1 Samuel 20:16
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "Let the LORD require it at the hand of David's enemies.
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1 Samuel 25:34
"For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!"
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1 Kings 14:10
Therefore behold! I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.
1 Kings 21:21
Behold, I will bring calamity on you. I will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both bond and free.
2 Kings 9:8
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab all the males in Israel, both bond and free.
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Joshua 15:18
Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?
Judges 1:14
Now it happened, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?
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2 Kings 2:2
Then Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here, please, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel." But Elisha said, " As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!" So they went down to Bethel.
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Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in a dream, "Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.
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Romans 12:19
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.
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2 Samuel 18:32
And the king said to the Cushite, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" So the Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do harm, be like that young man!
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Genesis 33:11
Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." So he urged him, and he took it.
1 Samuel 30:26
Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD" -
2 Kings 5:15
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, "Indeed, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.
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2 Samuel 7:11 - 16
Since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that He will make you a house.
2 Samuel 7:27
For You, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.
1 Kings 9:5
"then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, 'You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
1 Chronicles 17:10
Since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.
1 Chronicles 17:25
For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build him a house. Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray before You.
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1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles." For Saul thought, "Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.
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1 Samuel 24:11
Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it.
Psalms 7:3
O LORD my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands.
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Psalms 66:9
Who keeps our soul among the living, And does not allow our feet to be moved.
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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Jeremiah 10:18
For thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will throw out at this time The inhabitants of the land, And will distress them, That they may find it so.
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1 Samuel 13:14
"But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."
1 Samuel 15:28
So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
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Genesis 24:27
And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my mas...
Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has ...
1 Kings 1:48
"Also the king said thus, 'Blessed be the LORD ...
Psalms 41:13
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlast...
Psalms 72:18
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who...
Psalms 106:48
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlast...
Luke 1:68
Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has v...
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:22
"May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light."
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1 Samuel 20:42
Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, 'May the LORD be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants, forever.' " So he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
2 Samuel 15:9
And the king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose and went to Hebron.
2 Kings 5:19
Then he said to him, "Go in peace." So he departed from him a short distance.
Luke 7:50
Then He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.
Luke 8:48
And He said to her, "Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.
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Genesis 19:21
And he said to him, "See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.
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2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, "Watch now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon!' then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Isaiah 5:11
Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand.
Hosea 4:11
Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.
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1 Samuel 26:10
David said furthermore, " As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.
2 Samuel 6:7
Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.
Psalms 104:29
You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
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1 Samuel 25:32
Then David said to Abigail: "Blessed is the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
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1 Samuel 24:15
"Therefore let the LORD be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand."
Proverbs 22:23
For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:34
"For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!"
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1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know, as your heart acknowledges, all the wickedness that you did to my father David; therefore the LORD will return your wickedness on your own head.
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Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.
Luke 7:38
And stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.
Luke 7:44
Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.
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Joshua 15:56
Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah.
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1 Samuel 27:3
So David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow.
1 Samuel 30:5
And David's two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive.
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1 Samuel 18:20
Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
2 Samuel 3:14
So David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, "Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
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