Genesis 32:20 You must also say, ‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet...

32:20 NET

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New English Translation - You must also say, ‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”
新标点和合本 - 并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我藉着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们还要说：‘看哪，你仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因雅各说：“我藉着在我前面送去的礼物给他面子，然后再见他的面，或许他会宽容我。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们还要说：‘看哪，你仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因雅各说：“我藉着在我前面送去的礼物给他面子，然后再见他的面，或许他会宽容我。”
当代译本 - 并且一定要说：“你仆人雅各就在后面。”雅各想先用礼物去化解以扫的怨恨，也许见面时以扫会善待他。
圣经新译本 - 你们还要说：‘你的仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因为他心里想：“我先送礼物去，藉此与他和解，然后再与他见面，或者他会原谅我﹙“他会原谅我”或译：“他会接纳我”﹚。”
中文标准译本 - 并强调说：‘看哪，你的仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因为雅各想：“我先藉着在我前面先送去的礼物与他和解，然后再与他见面，或许他会接纳我。”
现代标点和合本 - 并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我藉着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”
和合本（拼音版） - 并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我藉着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”
New International Version - And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
New International Reader's Version - Make sure you say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” Jacob was thinking, “I’ll make peace with him with these gifts I’m sending on ahead. When I see him later, maybe he’ll welcome me.”
English Standard Version - and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
New Living Translation - And be sure to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will try to appease him by sending gifts ahead of me. When I see him in person, perhaps he will be friendly to me.”
Christian Standard Bible - You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”
New American Standard Bible - and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”
New King James Version - and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”
Amplified Bible - and you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said [to himself], “I will try to appease him with the gift that is going ahead of me. Then afterward I will see him; perhaps he will accept and forgive me.”
American Standard Version - and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.
King James Version - And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
World English Bible - You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
新標點和合本 - 並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裏說：「我藉着在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們還要說：『看哪，你僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因雅各說：「我藉着在我前面送去的禮物給他面子，然後再見他的面，或許他會寬容我。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們還要說：『看哪，你僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因雅各說：「我藉着在我前面送去的禮物給他面子，然後再見他的面，或許他會寬容我。」
當代譯本 - 並且一定要說：「你僕人雅各就在後面。」雅各想先用禮物去化解以掃的怨恨，也許見面時以掃會善待他。
聖經新譯本 - 你們還要說：‘你的僕人雅各在我們後面。’”因為他心裡想：“我先送禮物去，藉此與他和解，然後再與他見面，或者他會原諒我﹙“他會原諒我”或譯：“他會接納我”﹚。”
呂振中譯本 - 你們也要說：「看哪，你僕人雅各還在我們後邊呢。」』因為雅各心裏說：『我用在我前面走的禮物去解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他會讓我的臉抬得起。』
中文標準譯本 - 並強調說：『看哪，你的僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因為雅各想：「我先藉著在我前面先送去的禮物與他和解，然後再與他見面，或許他會接納我。」
現代標點和合本 - 並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裡說：「我藉著在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」
文理和合譯本 - 且曰、爾僕雅各在後、蓋雅各自謂、必以前行之禮物、釋兄之憾、然後覿面、庶幾接我、
文理委辦譯本 - 必曰、爾僕雅各在後將至。蓋雅各自謂必以前行之禮物、使兄復和、然後覿面、庶幾接我。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 亦當曰、爾僕雅各在我後、蓋雅各自謂我先饋禮物於兄、使兄復和、然後覿面、庶幾恕我、
Nueva Versión Internacional - y añadirán: “Su siervo Jacob viene detrás de nosotros”». Jacob pensaba: «Lo apaciguaré con los regalos que le llegarán primero, y luego me presentaré ante él; tal vez así me reciba bien».
현대인의 성경 - ‘당신의 종 야곱이 우리 뒤에 있습니다’ 하고 말하라.” 야곱이 이렇게 한 것은 먼저 선물을 보내 형의 감정을 누그러지게 한 다음에 그를 만나면 그가 자기를 용서할 것이라고 생각했기 때문이었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И еще скажите: «Твой слуга Иаков идет позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
Восточный перевод - И ещё скажите: «Твой раб Якуб идёт позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И ещё скажите: «Твой раб Якуб идёт позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И ещё скажите: «Твой раб Якуб идёт позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il donna les mêmes instructions au deuxième serviteur, au troisième, puis à tous ceux qui allaient marcher derrière les troupeaux : C’est ainsi que vous parlerez à Esaü quand vous le rencontrerez !
リビングバイブル - 顔を合わせる前にまず贈り物をして、エサウをなだめようというのです。「こうすれば、いくら兄さんでも手荒なことはしないだろう。」
Nova Versão Internacional - E acrescentem: Teu servo Jacó está vindo atrás de nós”. Porque pensava: “Eu o apaziguarei com esses presentes que estou enviando antes de mim; mais tarde, quando eu o vir, talvez me receba”.
Hoffnung für alle - Dasselbe sagte Jakob zu allen Übrigen, die eine Herde anführten. Er schärfte ihnen ein: »Haltet euch an das, was ihr Esau antworten sollt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - và thêm: “Này, Gia-cốp, đầy tớ ngài, đang theo sau chúng tôi.” Gia-cốp tự nhủ: “Ta gửi các tặng phẩm này trước để làm Ê-sau nguôi giận. Mong rằng nhờ đó, Ê-sau sẽ tiếp ta tử tế khi gặp mặt.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และพวกเจ้าอย่าลืมพูดว่า ‘ยาโคบผู้รับใช้ของท่านกำลังตามมาข้างหลังเรา’ ” เพราะยาโคบคิดว่า “เราจะทำให้เขาหายโกรธด้วยของกำนัลเหล่านี้ที่ส่งไปล่วงหน้า ภายหลังเมื่อเราพบหน้าเขา บางทีเขาอาจจะยอมรับเรา”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และเจ้าจะพูดว่า ‘ยิ่งกว่านั้น ยาโคบผู้รับใช้ของท่านกำลังตามหลังพวกเรามา’” เพราะยาโคบคิดว่า “ฉันคงจะคืนดีกับเขาได้ด้วยของกำนัลที่ไปล่วงหน้าฉัน และหลังจากนั้นฉันก็จะเจอหน้าเขา เขาอาจจะยอมรับฉัน”

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Proverbs 15:18 - A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
2 Timothy 2:25 - correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth
1 Samuel 25:17 - Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!”
1 Samuel 25:18 - So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred lumps of pressed figs. She loaded them on donkeys
1 Samuel 25:19 - and said to her servants, “Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:20 - Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.
1 Samuel 25:21 - Now David had been thinking, “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.
1 Samuel 25:22 - God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!”
1 Samuel 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself down before David, and bowed to the ground.
1 Samuel 25:24 - Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!
1 Samuel 25:25 - My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.
1 Samuel 25:26 - “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:27 - Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.
1 Samuel 25:28 - Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days!
1 Samuel 25:29 - When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
1 Samuel 25:30 - The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel.
1 Samuel 25:31 - Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”
1 Samuel 25:32 - Then David said to Abigail, “Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!
1 Samuel 25:33 - Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
1 Samuel 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”
1 Samuel 25:35 - Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably.”
Genesis 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Proverbs 6:35 - He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
Proverbs 16:14 - A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
1 Samuel 6:5 - You should make images of the sores and images of the mice that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land.
1 Kings 20:31 - His advisers said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”
Jonah 3:9 - Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”
Proverbs 21:14 - A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.
Job 42:8 - So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
Job 42:9 - So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New English Translation - You must also say, ‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”
新标点和合本 - 并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我藉着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们还要说：‘看哪，你仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因雅各说：“我藉着在我前面送去的礼物给他面子，然后再见他的面，或许他会宽容我。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们还要说：‘看哪，你仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因雅各说：“我藉着在我前面送去的礼物给他面子，然后再见他的面，或许他会宽容我。”
当代译本 - 并且一定要说：“你仆人雅各就在后面。”雅各想先用礼物去化解以扫的怨恨，也许见面时以扫会善待他。
圣经新译本 - 你们还要说：‘你的仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因为他心里想：“我先送礼物去，藉此与他和解，然后再与他见面，或者他会原谅我﹙“他会原谅我”或译：“他会接纳我”﹚。”
中文标准译本 - 并强调说：‘看哪，你的仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因为雅各想：“我先藉着在我前面先送去的礼物与他和解，然后再与他见面，或许他会接纳我。”
现代标点和合本 - 并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我藉着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”
和合本（拼音版） - 并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我藉着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”
New International Version - And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
New International Reader's Version - Make sure you say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” Jacob was thinking, “I’ll make peace with him with these gifts I’m sending on ahead. When I see him later, maybe he’ll welcome me.”
English Standard Version - and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
New Living Translation - And be sure to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will try to appease him by sending gifts ahead of me. When I see him in person, perhaps he will be friendly to me.”
Christian Standard Bible - You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”
New American Standard Bible - and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”
New King James Version - and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”
Amplified Bible - and you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said [to himself], “I will try to appease him with the gift that is going ahead of me. Then afterward I will see him; perhaps he will accept and forgive me.”
American Standard Version - and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.
King James Version - And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
World English Bible - You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
新標點和合本 - 並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裏說：「我藉着在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們還要說：『看哪，你僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因雅各說：「我藉着在我前面送去的禮物給他面子，然後再見他的面，或許他會寬容我。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們還要說：『看哪，你僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因雅各說：「我藉着在我前面送去的禮物給他面子，然後再見他的面，或許他會寬容我。」
當代譯本 - 並且一定要說：「你僕人雅各就在後面。」雅各想先用禮物去化解以掃的怨恨，也許見面時以掃會善待他。
聖經新譯本 - 你們還要說：‘你的僕人雅各在我們後面。’”因為他心裡想：“我先送禮物去，藉此與他和解，然後再與他見面，或者他會原諒我﹙“他會原諒我”或譯：“他會接納我”﹚。”
呂振中譯本 - 你們也要說：「看哪，你僕人雅各還在我們後邊呢。」』因為雅各心裏說：『我用在我前面走的禮物去解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他會讓我的臉抬得起。』
中文標準譯本 - 並強調說：『看哪，你的僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因為雅各想：「我先藉著在我前面先送去的禮物與他和解，然後再與他見面，或許他會接納我。」
現代標點和合本 - 並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裡說：「我藉著在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」
文理和合譯本 - 且曰、爾僕雅各在後、蓋雅各自謂、必以前行之禮物、釋兄之憾、然後覿面、庶幾接我、
文理委辦譯本 - 必曰、爾僕雅各在後將至。蓋雅各自謂必以前行之禮物、使兄復和、然後覿面、庶幾接我。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 亦當曰、爾僕雅各在我後、蓋雅各自謂我先饋禮物於兄、使兄復和、然後覿面、庶幾恕我、
Nueva Versión Internacional - y añadirán: “Su siervo Jacob viene detrás de nosotros”». Jacob pensaba: «Lo apaciguaré con los regalos que le llegarán primero, y luego me presentaré ante él; tal vez así me reciba bien».
현대인의 성경 - ‘당신의 종 야곱이 우리 뒤에 있습니다’ 하고 말하라.” 야곱이 이렇게 한 것은 먼저 선물을 보내 형의 감정을 누그러지게 한 다음에 그를 만나면 그가 자기를 용서할 것이라고 생각했기 때문이었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И еще скажите: «Твой слуга Иаков идет позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
Восточный перевод - И ещё скажите: «Твой раб Якуб идёт позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И ещё скажите: «Твой раб Якуб идёт позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И ещё скажите: «Твой раб Якуб идёт позади нас». Потому что он думал: «Я умиротворю его этими дарами, которые посылаю впереди себя, а потом, когда мы встретимся, он, быть может, примет меня».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il donna les mêmes instructions au deuxième serviteur, au troisième, puis à tous ceux qui allaient marcher derrière les troupeaux : C’est ainsi que vous parlerez à Esaü quand vous le rencontrerez !
リビングバイブル - 顔を合わせる前にまず贈り物をして、エサウをなだめようというのです。「こうすれば、いくら兄さんでも手荒なことはしないだろう。」
Nova Versão Internacional - E acrescentem: Teu servo Jacó está vindo atrás de nós”. Porque pensava: “Eu o apaziguarei com esses presentes que estou enviando antes de mim; mais tarde, quando eu o vir, talvez me receba”.
Hoffnung für alle - Dasselbe sagte Jakob zu allen Übrigen, die eine Herde anführten. Er schärfte ihnen ein: »Haltet euch an das, was ihr Esau antworten sollt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - và thêm: “Này, Gia-cốp, đầy tớ ngài, đang theo sau chúng tôi.” Gia-cốp tự nhủ: “Ta gửi các tặng phẩm này trước để làm Ê-sau nguôi giận. Mong rằng nhờ đó, Ê-sau sẽ tiếp ta tử tế khi gặp mặt.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และพวกเจ้าอย่าลืมพูดว่า ‘ยาโคบผู้รับใช้ของท่านกำลังตามมาข้างหลังเรา’ ” เพราะยาโคบคิดว่า “เราจะทำให้เขาหายโกรธด้วยของกำนัลเหล่านี้ที่ส่งไปล่วงหน้า ภายหลังเมื่อเราพบหน้าเขา บางทีเขาอาจจะยอมรับเรา”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และเจ้าจะพูดว่า ‘ยิ่งกว่านั้น ยาโคบผู้รับใช้ของท่านกำลังตามหลังพวกเรามา’” เพราะยาโคบคิดว่า “ฉันคงจะคืนดีกับเขาได้ด้วยของกำนัลที่ไปล่วงหน้าฉัน และหลังจากนั้นฉันก็จะเจอหน้าเขา เขาอาจจะยอมรับฉัน”

Proverbs 15:18 - A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
2 Timothy 2:25 - correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth
1 Samuel 25:17 - Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!”
1 Samuel 25:18 - So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred lumps of pressed figs. She loaded them on donkeys
1 Samuel 25:19 - and said to her servants, “Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:20 - Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.
1 Samuel 25:21 - Now David had been thinking, “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.
1 Samuel 25:22 - God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!”
1 Samuel 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself down before David, and bowed to the ground.
1 Samuel 25:24 - Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!
1 Samuel 25:25 - My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.
1 Samuel 25:26 - “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:27 - Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.
1 Samuel 25:28 - Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days!
1 Samuel 25:29 - When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
1 Samuel 25:30 - The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel.
1 Samuel 25:31 - Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”
1 Samuel 25:32 - Then David said to Abigail, “Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!
1 Samuel 25:33 - Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
1 Samuel 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”
1 Samuel 25:35 - Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably.”
Genesis 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Proverbs 6:35 - He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
Proverbs 16:14 - A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
1 Samuel 6:5 - You should make images of the sores and images of the mice that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land.
1 Kings 20:31 - His advisers said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”
Jonah 3:9 - Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”
Proverbs 21:14 - A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.
Job 42:8 - So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
Job 42:9 - So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job.