Gen 43:11, 1Sa 25:17-35, Job 42:8-9, Pro 15:18, 16:14, 21:14 | ESV | STEP | Then their father Israel said to them, If it must be so , then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags , and carry a present down to the man , a little balm and a little honey , gum , myrrh , pistachio nuts , and almonds .

11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little ^abalm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

1 Samuel 25:17-35

17 Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, ^bfor harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such ^ca worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”

18 Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs ^{▼▼A seah was about 7 quarts or 7.3 liters} of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. 19 And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal. 20 And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them. 21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, ^eso that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has ^freturned me evil for good. 22 ^gGod do so to the enemies of David ^{▼▼Septuagint to David} and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried ⁱand got down from the donkey ^jand fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said, ^k“On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. 25 Let not my lord regard ^lthis worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal ^{▼▼ Nabal means fool} is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. 26 Now then, my lord, ⁿas the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because ^othe Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from ^psaving with your own hand, now then ^qlet your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. 27 And now let this ^rpresent that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord ^sa sure house, because my lord ^tis fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. 29 If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies ^uhe shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over Israel, 31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord ^wworking salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”

32 And David said to Abigail, ^x“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, ^ywho have kept me this day from bloodguilt ^zand from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely ^aaas the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^abwho 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.” 35 Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, ^ac“Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”

Job 42:8-9

8 Now therefore take ^adseven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and ^aeoffer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall ^afpray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.” 9 ^agSo Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

Proverbs 15:18

18 ^ahA hot-tempered man ^aistirs up strife,
but he who is ^ajslow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 16:14

14 ^akA king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
and a wise man will ^alappease it.

Proverbs 21:14

14 ^amA gift in secret averts anger,
and a concealed bribe, ^{▼▼Hebrew a bribe in the bosom} strong wrath.