33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
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Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-35)As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear , Prov. 25:12. Abigail was a wise reprover of David’s passion, and he gave an obedient ear to the reproof, according to his own principle (Ps. 141:5): Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness . Never was such an admonition either better given or better taken. I. David gives God thanks for sen…
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