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 Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.

The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.

Kept his servant

and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee -- now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord.

Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;

and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

Hath returned

And David heareth afterwards and saith, 'Acquitted am I, and my kingdom, by Jehovah, unto the age, from the blood of Abner son of Ner;

And the king saith unto Shimei, 'Thou hast known all the evil that thy heart hath known, which thou didst to David my father, and Jehovah hath turned back thine evil on thy head,

And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

To take her

Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.