"And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed {be} the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach fro…" — 1 Samuel 25:39

1 Samuel 25:39 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Samuel 25:39

Verse 38

And it came to pass about ten days {after}, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

Verse 40

And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

1 Samuel 25 — Context

But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became {as} a stone.

And it came to pass about ten days {after}, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

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.

And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

And she arose, and bowed herself on {her} face to the earth, and said, Behold, {let} thine handmaid {be} a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Cross References

1 Samuel 25:26

Now therefore, my lord, {as} the LORD liveth, and {as} thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to {shed} blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. {avenging...: Heb. saving thyself}

Proverbs 22:23

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

1 Samuel 25:34

For 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.

1 Samuel 24:15

The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. {deliver: Heb. judge}

Psalms 7:16

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

1 Samuel 25:32

And David said to Abigail, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

1 Kings 2:44

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Judges 5:2

Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

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