Delight does not suit a fool, nor [is it seemly] if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness.

A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and profitable rain,

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.

And the people shall fall, man upon man, and [every] man upon his neighbor; the child shall insult the elder man, and the base [toward] the honorable.

And the man's name [was] Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. And his wife [was] of good understanding and very beautiful in appearance. But the man was harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man was foolish.

And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays there are an abundance of servants who depart, everyone from his master.

And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not who they are?

Let not my lord take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he- Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the servants of my lord whom you sent.

And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry within him, and he was very drunk. And she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.

And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

So he brought him down there, and behold, they were scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by reason of all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.