1 Samuel 25:24–33

²⁴She fell at his feet and said, ^w“On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. ²⁵Let not my lord regard ^qthis worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal⁴ is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. ²⁶Now then, my lord, ^xas the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because ^ythe Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from ^zsaving with your own hand, now then ^alet your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. ²⁷And now let this ^bpresent that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. ²⁸Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord ^ca sure house, because my lord ^dis fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. ²⁹If 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 ^ehe shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. ³⁰And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince⁵ over Israel, ³¹my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord ^zworking salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”

³²And David said to Abigail, ^f“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! ³³Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, ^ywho have kept me this day from bloodguilt ^zand from working salvation with my own hand!