1 Samuel 25:33
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And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.

blessed

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Proverbs 9:9 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

Proverbs 17:10 A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.

Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Proverbs 27:21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

Proverbs 28:23 He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

which hast

1 Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord.

avenging

1 Samuel 25:26,31 Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord. . . .

1 Samuel 24:19 For who when he hath found his enemy, will let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me this day.

1 Samuel 26:9,10 And David said to Abisai: Kill him not: for who shall put forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and shall be guiltless? . . .

Context
Abigail Intercedes for Nabal
32And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy speech: 33And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.34Otherwise, as the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, who hath withholden me from doing thee any evil, if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall.…
Cross References
Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord.

Lexicon
Blessed [is]
וּבָר֥וּךְ (ū·ḇā·rūḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

your discernment,
טַעְמֵ֖ךְ (ṭa‘·mêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate

and blessed [are]
וּבְרוּכָ֣ה (ū·ḇə·rū·ḵāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

you,
אָ֑תְּ (’āt)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

because
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

today
הַיּ֤וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

you kept me
כְּלִתִ֜נִי (kə·li·ṯi·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3607: To shut up, restrain, withhold

from bloodshed
בְדָמִ֔ים (ḇə·ḏā·mîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

and from avenging
וְהֹשֵׁ֥עַ (wə·hō·šê·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

myself by my own hand.
יָדִ֖י (yā·ḏî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand


Additional Translations
Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, which have kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

and blessed be thy conduct, and blessed be thou, who hast hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.

And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

and blessed be thy wisdom, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

and blessed is thy discretion, and blessed art thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.
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