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Genesis 32:3-8
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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
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And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and stayed there until now.
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And there were born to me oxen, donkeys, sheep, male and female servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that your servant might find grace in your sight.
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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold, he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
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And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
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And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
Genesis 32:13-22
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And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
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two hundred female goats, twenty male goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
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thirty milk camels with their foals, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty donkeys, and ten colts.
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And he delivered them to his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between successive droves.
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And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meets you, and he asks you, saying, To whom do you belong? And where are you going, and whose are these possessions in front of you?
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You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold, he is behind us.
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And he charged the first, the second, and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him;
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and you shall say, Behold your servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will appease him with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, perhaps he will accept me.
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So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.
Genesis 33:3-11
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But he advanced himself before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
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And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
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And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to you? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed your servant.
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And the maidservants and their children drew near and bowed down.
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And Leah and her children drew near and bowed down; and after Rachel and Joseph drew near, and bowed down.
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And he said, What are these things to you, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That your servant might find grace in your sight, my lord.
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And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep your own.
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And Jacob said, If I have found grace in your sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen your face, as if anyone should see the face of God, and you shall be well-pleased with me.
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Receive my blessings, which I have brought you, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he urged him, and he took [them].
1 Samuel 25:17-35
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And now consider what you will do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one cannot speak to him.
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And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep readily dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon donkeys.
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And she said to her servants, Go on before me, and behold I come after you. But she told not her husband.
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And it came to pass when she had mounted her donkey and was going down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them.
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And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking of anything, of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.
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So God do to David and more also, if I leave one male of all that belongs to Nabal until the morning.
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And Abigail saw David, and she dismounted quickly from her donkey; and she fell before David on her face, and bowed down to him, bowing to the ground,
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even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong. Let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.
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Let not my lord take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he- Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the servants of my lord whom you sent.
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And now my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood and from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.
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And now accept this token of goodwill, which your servant has brought to my lord, and you shall give it to the servants that wait on my lord.
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Remove the trespass of your servant, I pray; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and no evil shall ever be found in you.
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And if a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your enemies as in the midst of a sling.
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And it shall be when the Lord has brought to pass for my lord all the good things He has spoken concerning you, and shall appoint you to be ruler over Israel,
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then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself. And so may the Lord do good to my lord, and you shall remember your maidservant, to do her good.
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And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me.
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And blessed be your conduct, and blessed are you, who has hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.
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But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing you harm, if you had not hastened and come to meet me, then I said, Surely there shall not be one male left to Nabal till the morning.
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And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to your house: see, I have heeded your voice, and accepted your petition.
Proverbs 6:1-5
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[My] son, if you become surety for your friend, you shall deliver your hand to an enemy.
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For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.
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[My] son, do what I command you, and deliver yourself; for on your friend's account you have come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even your friend for whom you have become surety.
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Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber with your eyelids;
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that you may deliver yourself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.
Proverbs 25:8
Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest you repent at last.
Luke 12:58
When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make an effort to make a settlement with him on the road, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
Luke 12:59
I tell you, you shall by no means depart from there till you have paid the very last mite."
Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to engage another king in battle, [does] not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:32
Otherwise, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks the [terms] for peace.
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Job 22:21
Be firm, I pray, if you can endure; then your fruit shall prosper.
Psalm 32:6
Therefore shall every holy one pray to You in a fit time; only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to Him.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord, and when you find Him, call upon Him; and when He draws near to you,
Isaiah 55:7
let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
Luke 13:25
When once the Master of the house has risen up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and answering He will say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from.'
2 Corinthians 6:2
For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Hebrews 3:7
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice,
Hebrews 3:13
but encourage yourselves every day, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 12:17
For you know that indeed afterward, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, having sought it out diligently with tears.
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1 Kings 22:26
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and take him away to Semer the keeper of the city;
1 Kings 22:27
and tell Joash the king's son to put this [fellow] in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace.