1 Samuel 25:28

28 "Please forgive 1the transgression of your maidservant; for 2the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is 3fighting the battles of the LORD, and 4evil will not be found in you all your days.

1 Samuel 25:28 In-Context

26 "Now therefore, my lord , as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord , be as Nabal.
27 "Now let this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord .
28 "Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD , and evil will not be found in you all your days.
29 "Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
30 "And when the LORD does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,

Cross References 4

  • 1. 1 Samuel 25:24
  • 2. 1 Samuel 22:14; 2 Samuel 7:11, 16
  • 3. 1 Samuel 18:17
  • 4. 1 Samuel 24:11; Psalms 7:3
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