Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

To take her

Bible References

Pleaded

Proverbs 22:23
Jehovah will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.
Lamentations 3:58
O Jehovah, you have taken up my cause. You made my life safe.
Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him. He will plead my cause, and execute judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light and I will see his righteousness.

Kept his servant

1 Samuel 25:26
Jehovah kept you from spilling innocent blood and from getting a victory by your own efforts. As Jehovah lives and you live, may your enemies and those who are trying to harm you end up like Nabal.
Hosea 2:6
Behold, I (Jehovah) will fence her way with thorns. I will build a wall against her that she will not find her path.
2 Corinthians 13:7
Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do that which is honest, though we may seem disqualified.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May the very God of peace completely sanctify you (make you holy). I pray to God that your entire spiritual being, your mind and body, is preserved blameless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will deliver me from every evil work. He will save me to his heavenly kingdom. To him is the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hath returned

2 Samuel 3:28
When David heard the news, he said: Jehovah knows that my subjects and I are completely innocent of the murder of Abner.
1 Kings 2:44
You know very well all the wrong that you did to my father David. Jehovah will punish you for it.
Esther 7:10
So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he made for Mordecai. Then the king's rage subsided.
Psalm 7:16
Their mischief returns upon their own heads. Their violence descends on their own heads.

To take her

Proverbs 18:22
The man who finds a wife finds a good thing. He obtains favor from Jehovah.