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  • She Acted With Discretion
    Imitate Their Faith
    • As for bringing the matter to Nabal, the young servant said of him: “He is too much of a good-for-nothing fellow to speak to him.”c (1 Sam. 25:17) Tragically, Nabal’s view of his own importance rendered him unwilling to listen.

  • She Acted With Discretion
    Imitate Their Faith
    • c The phrase the young man used literally means “a son of belial (worthlessness).” Other Bible renderings of this sentence include a description of Nabal as a man “who won’t listen to anyone” and the conclusion, “it is no good talking to him.”

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