1 Samuel 25:25

New International Version

Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:33

My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

Isaiah 32:5

No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

Malachi 2:2

If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.”

1 Samuel 25:24

She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.

1 Samuel 25:26

And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:3

His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.