1 Samuel 25:39
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39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, (A)“Blessed be the Lord who has (B)avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, (C)and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. (D)The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and (E)spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
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Proverbs 22:23
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23 for (A)the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
1 Samuel 25:34
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34 For as surely (A)as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, (B)who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”
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1 Samuel 25:26
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26 Now then, my lord, (A)as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because (B)the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from (C)saving with your own hand, now then (D)let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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Psalm 7:16
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16 His (A)mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
1 Kings 2:44
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44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your own heart (A)all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will (B)bring back your harm on your own head.
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1 Samuel 25:32
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32 And David said to Abigail, (A)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
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Revelation 19:1-4
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Rejoicing in Heaven
19 After this I heard (A)what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,
“Hallelujah!
(B)Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
2 for (C)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (D)the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (E)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
3 Once more they cried out,
“Hallelujah!
(F)The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.”
4 And (G)the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
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2 Timothy 4:18
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18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. (A)To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 13:7
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7 But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.
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Micah 7:9
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9 (A)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until (B)he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
(C)He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
Hosea 2:6-7
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6 Therefore (A)I will hedge up her[a] way with thorns,
and (B)I will build a wall against her,
so that she cannot find her paths.
7 She shall pursue her lovers
but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
but shall not find them.
(C)Then she shall say,
‘I will go and return to (D)my first husband,
(E)for it was better for me then than now.’
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:6 Hebrew your
Proverbs 31:30
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30 (A)Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:10
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The Woman Who Fears the Lord
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- Proverbs 31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 18:22
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Psalm 58:10-11
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10 (A)The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will (B)bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (C)a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who (D)judges on earth.”
Esther 7:10
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10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (B)Then the wrath of the king abated.
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2 Samuel 22:47-49
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47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be (A)my God, (B)the rock of my salvation,
48 the God who gave me vengeance
and (C)brought down peoples under me,
49 who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above (D)those who rose against me;
you delivered me from (E)men of violence.
2 Samuel 3:28-29
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28 Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29 (A)May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father's house, and may the house of Joab never be without (B)one who has a discharge or who is (C)leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”
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1 Samuel 24:15
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15 (A)May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and (B)plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.”
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Judges 5:2
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2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,
that (A)the people offered themselves willingly,
bless the Lord!
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