1Sa 25:31-34, Psa 141:5, Pro 1:8-9, 9:8, 15:5, 31-32, 27:5-6 | ESV | STEP | my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord working salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord , then remember your servant .

31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord ^aworking salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”

32 And David said to Abigail, ^b“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, ^cwho have kept me this day from bloodguilt ^dand from working salvation with my own hand! 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.”

Psalms 141:5

5 ^gLet a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet ^hmy prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

Proverbs 1:8-9

The Enticement of Sinners

8 ⁱHear, my son, your father’s instruction,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
9 for they are ^ja graceful garland for your head
and ^kpendants for your neck.

Proverbs 9:8

8 ^lDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^mreprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 15:5

5 ⁿA fool ^odespises his father’s instruction,
but ^pwhoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:31-32

31 ^qThe ear that listens to ^rlife-giving reproof
will dwell among the wise.
32 Whoever ^signores instruction ^tdespises himself,
but he who listens to reproof ^ugains intelligence.

Proverbs 27:5-6

5 ^vBetter is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 Faithful are ^wthe wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.