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
Kept his servant
Hath returned
To take her
Bible References
Pleaded
Proverbs 22:23
for the LORD will plead their case and ruin the lives of those who ruin them.
Lamentations 3:58
Lord, you have defended my cause; you have redeemed my life.
Micah 7:9
I will endure the LORD's anger since I have sinned against him until he takes over my defense, administers justice on my behalf, and brings me out to the light, where I will gaze on his righteousness.
Kept his servant
1 Samuel 25:26
Now, your majesty, as the LORD lives and as you live, the LORD has kept you from shedding blood and from delivering yourself by your own actions. Now, may your enemies and those seeking to do evil to your majesty be like Nabal.
Hosea 2:6
"Look how I'm blocking her path with thorns and building a wall to hinder her, so she can't find her way.
2 Corinthians 13:7
We pray to God that you will not do anything wrong not to show that we have not failed the test, but so that you may do what is right, even if we seem to have failed.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May the God of peace himself make you holy in every way. And may your whole being spirit, soul, and body remain blameless when our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, appears.
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will take me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory belongs to him forever and ever! Amen.
Hath returned
2 Samuel 3:28
Later on, David found out about it and proclaimed, "Let me and my kingdom remain guiltless forever in the LORD's presence for the death of Ner's son Abner.
1 Kings 2:44
The king also reminded Shimei, "You know all the evil things that you admit you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD is going to repay you for all of your evil.
Esther 7:10
The king said, "Hang him on it." So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king's anger subsided.
Psalm 7:16
The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.
To take her
Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds what is good, and receives favor from the LORD.