1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed be thy behaviour, and blessed be thou which hath kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
1 Samuel 25:26
And now my lord as sure as the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth, the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Furthermore, I pray God that thine enemies and they that intend to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal.
1 Samuel 24:19
For who shall find his enemy, and let him depart a good way? Wherefore the LORD reward thee with good, for that thou hast done unto me this day.
1 Samuel 25:31
then shall it be no grudge of conscience unto thee or discourage of heart unto my lord, that thou sheddest blood causeless and didst avenge thyself. And moreover when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then think on thine handmaid."
1 Samuel 26:9-10
But David said to Abishai, "Destroy him not - for who can lay his hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous rather smite me friendly, and reprove me: so will I take it as though he had poured oil on my head; it shall not hurt my head. Yea, I will pray yet for their wickedness.
Proverbs 9:9
Give a discrete man but an occasion, and he will be the wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase.
Proverbs 17:10
One reproof only doth more good to him that hath understanding, than a hundred stripes unto a fool.
Proverbs 25:12
The correction of the wise is, to an obedient ear, a golden chain and a Jewel of gold.
Proverbs 27:21
Silver is tried in the mould, and gold in the furnace, and so is a man, when he is openly praised to his face.
Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man, shall find more favour at the last, than he that flattereth him.