¹¹ Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

⁶ But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

⁹ Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

¹⁰ So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

⁹ Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

²⁹ We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

³⁰ The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

¹ Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

² Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

⁷ Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

⁸ Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

¹⁷ If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

¹⁴ But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

¹⁵ But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

³ Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

¹³ May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

¹⁷ Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.