1Sa 25:26, 34, Hos 2:6-7, 2Cor 13:7, 1Th 5:23, 2Ti 4:18 | ESV | STEP | Now then, my lord , as the Lord lives , and as your soul lives , because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand , now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal .

f[See ver. 26 above]

g Job 3:23

i[Job 19:8; Lam. 3:7, 9]

j[Luke 15:17, 18]

k[Isa. 54:5, 6]

l[Luke 15:17, 18]

mSee Rom. 15:33

n Ex. 31:13; John 17:17

o 2 Pet. 3:14; Jude 1

p Luke 1:46, 47; Heb. 4:12; [1 Cor. 14:14]

qSee ch. 2:19

rSee Rom. 11:36

1 Samuel 25:26

26 Now then, my lord, ^aas the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because ^bthe Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from ^csaving with your own hand, now then ^dlet your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:34

34 For as surely ^eas the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^fwho 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.”

Hosea 2:6-7

6 Therefore ^gI will hedge up her ^{▼▼Hebrew your} way with thorns,
and ⁱI 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.
^jThen she shall say,
‘I will go and return to ^kmy first husband,
^lfor it was better for me then than now.’

2 Corinthians 13:7

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.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

23 Now may ^mthe God of peace himself ⁿsanctify you completely, and may your ^owhole ^pspirit and soul and body be kept blameless at ^qthe coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 4:18

18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. ^rTo him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.