1 Samuel 25:35

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her,“Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably.”

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 5:19 : 19 Elisha said to him,“Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance,
  • Gen 19:21 : 21 “Very well,” he replied,“I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 Jonathan said to David,“Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn together in the name of the LORD saying,‘The LORD will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.’”
  • 2 Sam 15:9 : 9 The king replied to him,“Go in peace.” So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?
  • Luke 7:50 : 50 He said to the woman,“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
  • Luke 8:48 : 48 Then he said to her,“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 81%

    39When David heard that Nabal had died, he said,“Praised be the LORD who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! The LORD has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

    40So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her,“David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

    41She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said,“Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

    42Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

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    30The LORD will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel.

    31Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the LORD has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”

    32Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

    33Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

    34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives– he who has prevented me from harming you– if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

  • 1 Sam 25:3-9
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    3The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.

    4When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

    5he sent ten servants, saying to them,“Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.

    6Then you will say to my brother,“Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours!

    7Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

    8Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us– your servants and your son David– with whatever you can spare.”

    9So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

  • 14But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail,“David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our lord, but he screamed at them.

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    23When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself facedown before David, and bowed to the ground.

    24Falling at his feet, she said,“My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak to you! Please listen to the words of your servant!

    25My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.

    26“Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and as surely as you live, it is the LORD who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

    27Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.

    28Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the LORD will certainly establish a lasting dynasty for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD. May no evil be found in you all your days!

  • 36When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning’s light.

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    19and said to her servants,“Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

    20Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.

    21Now David had been thinking,“In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

  • 9The king replied to him,“Go in peace.” So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.

  • 21Abner said to David,“Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

  • 17Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

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    11Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”

    12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

  • 5David’s two wives had been taken captive– Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

  • 21When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him,“Your servant has done what you asked. I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me.

  • 7So turn and leave in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!”

  • 5On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants.

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    12Then Abner sent messengers to David saying,“To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you.”

    13So David said,“Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.”

  • 17When he approached her, the woman asked,“Are you Joab?” He replied,“I am.” She said to him,“Listen to the words of your servant.” He said,“Go ahead. I’m listening.”

  • 8Then the king told the woman,“Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation.”

  • 17David went out to meet them and said,“If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!”

  • 57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 23I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king,“May the LORD your God show you favor!”

  • 2So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

  • 26So his servants told David these things and David agreed to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired

  • 17So your servant said,‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the LORD your God be with you!’”

  • 23But David said,“No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the LORD has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.

  • 28David Picks Solomon as His Successor King David responded,“Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.

  • 3David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

  • 21Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.