1 Samuel 25:25-27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁵ Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal^[a] is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. ²⁶ Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now let this present which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.