Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; (A)he was a Calebite.

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14 (A)The wisest of women (B)builds her house,
    but folly with her own hands (C)tears it down.

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(A)The fool will no more be called noble,
    nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
For (B)the fool speaks folly,
    and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
    to utter error concerning the Lord,
(C)to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
    and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
As for the scoundrel—(D)his devices are evil;
    he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
    even when the plea of the needy is right.

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The Woman Who Fears the Lord

10 [a] (A)An excellent wife who can find?
    She is far more precious than (B)jewels.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

30 (A)Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,
    and let her works praise her in the gates.

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For the wicked (A)boasts of the desires of his soul,
    and the one greedy for gain (B)curses[a] and (C)renounces the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain

26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

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17 Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, (A)for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such (B)a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”

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10 And Nabal answered David's servants, (A)“Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? (B)There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. 11 Shall I take (C)my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to (D)men who come from I do not know where?”

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14 (A)We had made a raid against the Negeb of (B)the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

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13 According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, (A)Kiriath-arba, that is, (B)Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).

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