1 Samuel 25:32 · KJV
“And David said to Abigail, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:”
— 1 Samuel 25:32
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. {no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling}
And blessed {be} thy advice, and blessed {be} thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to {shed} blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
1 Samuel 25 — Context
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. {no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling}
32And David said to Abigail, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33And blessed {be} thy advice, and blessed {be} thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to {shed} blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
34For in very deed, {as} the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
Cross References
Luke 1:68
Blessed {be} the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Psalms 72:18
Blessed {be} the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Genesis 24:27
And he said, Blessed {be} the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I {being} in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, Blessed {be} the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Ezra 7:27
Blessed {be} the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put {such a thing} as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which {is} in Jerusalem:
2 Corinthians 8:16
But thanks {be} to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
Psalms 41:12-13
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.