³ Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

¹³ To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

³⁰ Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

²⁶ She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

¹⁰ Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

¹ Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

³ For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings, He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

¹⁴ We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

¹⁷ Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.

¹⁰ Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.

¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?

⁵ The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

⁶ For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

⁷ The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.