Genesis 32:20 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 t...

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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.”
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.”
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.
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.”
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 hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger calms strife.
2 Timothy 2:25 - instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Samuel 25:17 - Now consider carefully what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”
1 Samuel 25:18 - Abigail hurried, taking two hundred loaves of bread, two clay jars of wine, five butchered sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:19 - Then she said to her male servants, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband, Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:20 - As she rode the donkey down a mountain pass hidden from view, she saw David and his men coming toward her and met them.
1 Samuel 25:21 - David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.
1 Samuel 25:22 - May God punish me and do so severely if I let any of his males survive until morning.”
1 Samuel 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and knelt down with her face to the ground and paid homage to David.
1 Samuel 25:24 - She knelt at his feet and said, “The guilt is mine, my lord, but please let your servant speak to you directly. Listen to the words of your servant.
1 Samuel 25:25 - My lord should pay no attention to this worthless fool Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means ‘stupid,’ and stupidity is all he knows. I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
1 Samuel 25:26 - Now my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live— it is the Lord who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand—may your enemies and those who intend to harm my lord be like Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:27 - Let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.
1 Samuel 25:28 - Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the Lord’s battles. Throughout your life, may evil not be found in you.
1 Samuel 25:29 - “Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.
1 Samuel 25:30 - When the Lord does for my lord all the good he promised you and appoints you ruler over Israel,
1 Samuel 25:31 - there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord’s revenge. And when the Lord does good things for my lord, may you remember me your servant.”
1 Samuel 25:32 - Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!
1 Samuel 25:33 - May your discernment be blessed, and may you be blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.
1 Samuel 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any males left by morning light.”
1 Samuel 25:35 - Then David accepted what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. See, I have heard what you said and have granted your request.”
Genesis 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and take them down to the man as a gift — a little balsam and a little honey, aromatic gum and resin, pistachios and almonds.
Proverbs 6:35 - He will not be appeased by anything or be persuaded by lavish bribes.
Proverbs 16:14 - A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
1 Samuel 6:5 - Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God, and perhaps he will stop oppressing you, your gods, and your land.
1 Kings 20:31 - His servants said to him, “Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
Jonah 3:9 - Who knows? God may turn and relent; he may turn from his burning anger so that we will not perish.
Proverbs 21:14 - A secret gift soothes anger, and a covert bribe, fierce rage.
Job 42:8 - Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
Job 42:9 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

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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.”
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.”
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.
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.”
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 hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger calms strife.
2 Timothy 2:25 - instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Samuel 25:17 - Now consider carefully what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”
1 Samuel 25:18 - Abigail hurried, taking two hundred loaves of bread, two clay jars of wine, five butchered sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:19 - Then she said to her male servants, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband, Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:20 - As she rode the donkey down a mountain pass hidden from view, she saw David and his men coming toward her and met them.
1 Samuel 25:21 - David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.
1 Samuel 25:22 - May God punish me and do so severely if I let any of his males survive until morning.”
1 Samuel 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and knelt down with her face to the ground and paid homage to David.
1 Samuel 25:24 - She knelt at his feet and said, “The guilt is mine, my lord, but please let your servant speak to you directly. Listen to the words of your servant.
1 Samuel 25:25 - My lord should pay no attention to this worthless fool Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means ‘stupid,’ and stupidity is all he knows. I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
1 Samuel 25:26 - Now my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live— it is the Lord who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand—may your enemies and those who intend to harm my lord be like Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:27 - Let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.
1 Samuel 25:28 - Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the Lord’s battles. Throughout your life, may evil not be found in you.
1 Samuel 25:29 - “Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.
1 Samuel 25:30 - When the Lord does for my lord all the good he promised you and appoints you ruler over Israel,
1 Samuel 25:31 - there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord’s revenge. And when the Lord does good things for my lord, may you remember me your servant.”
1 Samuel 25:32 - Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!
1 Samuel 25:33 - May your discernment be blessed, and may you be blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.
1 Samuel 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any males left by morning light.”
1 Samuel 25:35 - Then David accepted what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. See, I have heard what you said and have granted your request.”
Genesis 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and take them down to the man as a gift — a little balsam and a little honey, aromatic gum and resin, pistachios and almonds.
Proverbs 6:35 - He will not be appeased by anything or be persuaded by lavish bribes.
Proverbs 16:14 - A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
1 Samuel 6:5 - Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God, and perhaps he will stop oppressing you, your gods, and your land.
1 Kings 20:31 - His servants said to him, “Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
Jonah 3:9 - Who knows? God may turn and relent; he may turn from his burning anger so that we will not perish.
Proverbs 21:14 - A secret gift soothes anger, and a covert bribe, fierce rage.
Job 42:8 - Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
Job 42:9 - Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.