Bible Cross References
I will appease
Genesis 43:11
Their father said to them, "If that is how it has to be, then take the best products of the land in your packs as a present for the governor: a little resin, a little honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
1 Samuel 25:17-35
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Please think this over and decide what to do. This could be disastrous for our master and all his family. He is so mean that he won't listen to anybody!"
18
Abigail quickly gathered two hundred loaves of bread, two leather bags full of wine, five roasted sheep, two bushels of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dried figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
19
Then she said to the servants, "You go on ahead and I will follow you." But she said nothing to her husband.
20
She was riding her donkey around a bend on a hillside when suddenly she met David and his men coming toward her.
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David had been thinking, "Why did I ever protect that fellow's property out here in the wilderness? Not a thing that belonged to him was stolen, and this is how he pays me back for the help I gave him!
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May God strike me dead if I don't kill every last one of those men before morning!"
23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly dismounted and threw herself on the ground
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at David's feet, and said to him, "Please, sir, listen to me! Let me take the blame.
25
Please, don't pay any attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing! He is exactly what his name means---a fool! I wasn't there when your servants arrived, sir.
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It is the LORD who has kept you from taking revenge and killing your enemies. And now I swear to you by the living LORD that your enemies and all who want to harm you will be punished like Nabal.
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Please, sir, accept this present I have brought you, and give it to your men.
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Please forgive me, sir, for any wrong I have done. The LORD will make you king, and your descendants also, because you are fighting his battles; and you will not do anything evil as long as you live.
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If anyone should attack you and try to kill you, the LORD your God will keep you safe, as someone guards a precious treasure. As for your enemies, however, he will throw them away, as someone hurls stones with a sling.
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And when the LORD has done all the good things he has promised you and has made you king of Israel,
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then you will not have to feel regret or remorse, sir, for having killed without cause or for having taken your own revenge. And when the LORD has blessed you, sir, please do not forget me."
32
David said to her, "Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
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Thank God for your good sense and for what you have done today in keeping me from the crime of murder and from taking my own revenge.
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The LORD has kept me from harming you. But I swear by the living God of Israel that if you had not hurried to meet me, all of Nabal's men would have been dead by morning!"
35
Then David accepted what she had brought him and said to her, "Go back home and don't worry. I will do what you want."
Job 42:8
Now take seven bulls and seven rams to Job and offer them as a sacrifice for yourselves. Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer and not disgrace you the way you deserve. You did not speak the truth about me as he did."
Job 42:9
Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what the LORD had told them to do, and the LORD answered Job's prayer.
Proverbs 15:18
Hot tempers cause arguments, but patience brings peace.
Proverbs 16:14
A wise person will try to keep the king happy; if the king becomes angry, someone may die.
Proverbs 21:14
If someone is angry with you, a gift given secretly will calm him down.
peradventure
1 Samuel 6:5
You must make these models of the tumors and of the mice that are ravaging your country, and you must give honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will stop punishing you, your gods, and your land.
1 Kings 20:31
His officials went to him and said, "We have heard that the Israelite kings are merciful. Give us permission to go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our necks, and maybe he will spare your life."
Jonah 3:9
Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!"
2 Timothy 2:25
who is gentle as you correct your opponents, for it may be that God will give them the opportunity to repent and come to know the truth.
of me
Job 42:8
Now take seven bulls and seven rams to Job and offer them as a sacrifice for yourselves. Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer and not disgrace you the way you deserve. You did not speak the truth about me as he did."
Job 42:9
Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what the LORD had told them to do, and the LORD answered Job's prayer.
Proverbs 6:35
He will not accept any payment; no amount of gifts will satisfy his anger.