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Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning (A)against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

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Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept(A) you from sinning against me.(B) That is why I did not let you touch her.

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And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

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33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, (A)who have kept me this day from bloodguilt (B)and from avenging myself with my own hand! 34 For as surely (C)as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, (D)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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33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(A) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(B) would have been left alive by daybreak.”

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33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

34 For in very deed, as 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.

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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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39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”

Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

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39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

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