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 Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.
Lamentations 3:58
O Lord, you have pleaded for {my cause}, you have redeemed my life.
Micah 7:9
I will bear the rage of Yahweh, for I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes my justice. He will bring me out to the light; I will see his righteousness.
Kept his servant
1 Samuel 25:26
So then, my lord, {as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives}, since Yahweh restrained you from bloodguilt {by taking matters into your own hand}, so then, may your enemies be like Nabal, even {those who seek to do my lord harm}.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, Look! I [am] going to hedge her path {with thorns}, and I will build a stone wall, a stone wall [against] her, and she will not find her paths.
2 Corinthians 13:7
Now we pray to God that you not do wrong in any way, not that we are seen as approved, but that you do what is good, even [though] we are [seen] as though unqualified.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save [me] for his heavenly kingdom, to whom [be] the glory {forever and ever}. Amen.
Hath returned
2 Samuel 3:28
When David heard this afterwards, he said: "I and my kingdom [are] innocent {before Yahweh} forever [for] the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
1 Kings 2:44
Then the king said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which your heart knows, what you did to David my father. Now Yahweh will return the evil on your head,
Esther 7:10
And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.
Psalm 7:16
His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
To take her
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.