1 Samuel 25:39

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.

Pleaded

Proverbs 22:23

Lamentations 3:58

Micah 7:9

Kept his servant

2 Timothy 4:18

Hath returned

To take her

Proverbs 18:22

Bible References

Pleaded

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.

I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

Kept his servant

So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.

And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Hath returned

And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:

And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

To take her

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.