The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail: and she was a woman of good wisdom and beautiful. But the man was churlish and of shrewd conditions and was a Calebite.

According to the old proverb, wickedness shall proceed out of the wicked: But mine hand be not upon thee.

And beware that thou say not in thine heart, 'My power and the might of mine own hand hath done me all these acts.'

And the lords of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hands that we should give bread unto thy company?"

Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me?

Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

Be ye harborous, one to another, and that without grudging.

Give it

Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years.

While we have, therefore, time; let us do good unto all men, and specially, unto them which are of the household of faith.

Whom

But one of the lads told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "See, David sent messengers unto our master out of the wilderness to salute him, and he railed on them.

We are sure that God spake with Moses. This fellow we know not from whence he is."

as unknown, and yet known, as dying - and behold we yet live - as chastened and not killed,

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And the lords of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hands that we should give bread unto thy company?"