Bible Strands
1 Samuel 25:33
Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses Abigail immediately after she arrives to intercept his armed retaliation against her household.
The words — וּבָרוּךְ (u./va.Rukh) includes the conjunction "and" with "blessed," and כְּלִתִ֜/נִי (ke.li.Ti./ni) literally translates as "you have restrained me."
The thread — The motif of being held back from bloodshed appears in 1 Samuel 25:26, while the theme of receiving corrective wisdom connects to Proverbs 9:9 and Psalms 141:5.
Why it lands — The text states that Abigail's timely intervention stopped David from committing murder and avenging himself, requiring a reader to acknowledge how decisive counsel can interrupt personal vengeance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 25:26 Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
- Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
- Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 17:10 A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
- Proverbs 25:12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- Proverbs 27:21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
- Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- 1 Samuel 24:19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
- 1 Samuel 25:31 then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
- 1 Samuel 26:9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”