Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, , watching out for yourselves so that you won’t also be tempted.
They have become fat and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.
My lord should pay no attention to this worthless fool Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means ‘stupid’, and stupidity is all he knows. I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.