1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Context
This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 25 connects to 10 cross-references. Samuel dies and is buried at Ramah. David asks wealthy Nabal to provide for his men who had protected Nabal's flocks; Nabal harshly refuses. David marches to kill Nabal's household; Nabal's wise wife Abigail intercepts David with generous provisions and …
Other Translations
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
and blessed <FI>is<Fi> thy discretion, and blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
Cross References
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good …
Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from …
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed …
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and …
David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or …
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent …
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase …
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.