The Impulse to Vengeance Restrained: Who's the Fool?

David and his men have been providing protection for Nabal and his possessions. When David sends his men to Nabal to request payment for services rendered, Nabal insults David. David's response reveals a surprising flaw in David's character which to this point in our studies of 1 Samuel we have never seen.

There are lessons to be learned here about the restraining providence of God which kept David from becoming a bigger fool than Nabal.