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 cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Lamentations 3:58
O Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
Micah 7:9
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause, and executes justice for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Kept his servant
1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has held you back from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, so that she shall not find her paths.
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 be as failures.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hath returned
2 Samuel 3:28
And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which was in your heart, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness upon your own head;
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath abated.
Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
To take her
Proverbs 18:22
Whosoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.