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.

To take her

Bible References

Pleaded

Proverbs 22:23
for Jehovah will plead their cause, and strip the soul of those who plunder them.
Lamentations 3:58
O Lord, You strove for the causes of my soul; You redeemed my life.
Micah 7:9
I will bear the fury of Jehovah, because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and brings out judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.

Kept his servant

1 Samuel 25:26
And now, my lord, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those that seek to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore behold, I will hedge your way with thorns, and wall up her wall, that she shall not find her paths.
2 Corinthians 13:7
But I pray to God for you not to do evil, none. And not that we may appear approved, but that you should do the good things, though we are deemed to be reprobates.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blamelessly at 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 to His heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hath returned

2 Samuel 3:28
And afterward David heard, and said, My kingdom and I are guiltless before Jehovah forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
1 Kings 2:44
And the king said to Shimei, You know all the wickedness that your heart knows, what you did to David my father. And Jehovah shall return your wickedness on your own head.
Esther 7:10
And they hanged Haman on the wooden gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath lay down.
Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violence shall come on his own crown.

To take her

Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds good and gets favor from Jehovah.