Bible Cross References
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Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer quiets anger, but a harsh one stirs it up.
Proverbs 16:14
A wise person will try to keep the king happy; if the king becomes angry, someone may die.
Genesis 32:4-21
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He instructed them to say: "I, Jacob, your obedient servant, report to my master Esau that I have been staying with Laban and that I have delayed my return until now.
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I own cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and slaves. I am sending you word, sir, in the hope of gaining your favor."
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When the messengers came back to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you. He has four hundred men with him."
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Jacob was frightened and worried. He divided into two groups the people who were with him, and also his sheep, goats, cattle, and camels.
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He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks the first group, the other may be able to escape."
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Then Jacob prayed, "God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, hear me! You told me, LORD, to go back to my land and to my relatives, and you would make everything go well for me.
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I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.
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Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid---afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children.
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Remember that you promised to make everything go well for me and to give me more descendants than anyone could count, as many as the grains of sand along the seashore."
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After spending the night there, Jacob chose from his livestock as a present for his brother Esau: 200 female goats and 20 males, 200 female sheep and 20 males, 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 males.
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He divided them into herds and put one of his servants in charge of each herd. He said to them, "Go ahead of me, and leave a space between each herd and the one behind it."
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He ordered the first servant, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'Who is your master? Where are you going? Who owns these animals in front of you?'
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you must answer, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. He sends them as a present to his master Esau. Jacob himself is right behind us.' "
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He gave the same order to the second, the third, and to all the others who were in charge of the herds: "This is what you must say to Esau when you meet him.
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You must say, 'Yes, your servant Jacob is right behind us.' " Jacob was thinking, "I will win him over with the gifts, and when I meet him, perhaps he will forgive me."
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He sent the gifts on ahead of him and spent that night in camp.
1 Samuel 25:14
One of Nabal's servants said to Nabal's wife Abigail, "Have you heard? David sent some messengers from the wilderness with greetings for our master, but he insulted them.
1 Samuel 25:24-44
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at David's feet, and said to him, "Please, sir, listen to me! Let me take the blame.
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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."
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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!"
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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."
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Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.
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Then, after he had sobered up, she told him everything. He suffered a stroke and was completely paralyzed.
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Some ten days later the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
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When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, "Praise the LORD! He has taken revenge on Nabal for insulting me and has kept me his servant from doing wrong. The LORD has punished Nabal for his evil." Then David sent a proposal of marriage to Abigail.
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His servants went to her at Carmel and said to her, "David sent us to take you to him to be his wife."
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Abigail bowed down to the ground and said, "I am his servant, ready to wash the feet of his servants."
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She rose quickly and mounted her donkey. Accompanied by her five maids, she went with David's servants and became his wife.
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David had married Ahinoam from Jezreel, and now Abigail also became his wife.
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Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, who had been David's wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from the town of Gallim.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If your ruler becomes angry with you, do not hand in your resignation; serious wrongs may be pardoned if you keep calm.