1 Samuel 25:33
King James VersionSource notes
“And blessed thy advice, and blessed thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.”
Context
30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
32And David said to Abigail, Blessed the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33And blessed thy advice, and blessed thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
34For in very deed, 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.
35So David received of her hand which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart merry within him, for he very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.