1Sa 25:17, 25, Isa 59:3, Mat 12:31-34 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore know this and consider what you should do , for harm is determined against our master and against all his house , and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.

a[ch. 20:7]

b Deut. 13:13

c[See ver. 17 above]

e ch. 1:15

fFor ver. 31, 32, see Mark 3:28-30; [Luke 12:10; Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26; 1 John 5:16]

g[Acts 7:51; Heb. 10:29]

h ch. 11:19; John 7:12; 9:24

j[See ver. 31 above]

p ch. 15:18, 19; Luke 6:45; [ch. 13:52; Eph. 4:29]

1 Samuel 25:17

17 Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, ^afor harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such ^ba worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”

1 Samuel 25:25

25 Let not my lord regard ^cthis worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal ^{▼▼ Nabal means fool} is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

Isaiah 59:3

3 ^eFor your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.

Matthew 12:31-34

31 ^fTherefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but ^gthe blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word ^hagainst the Son of Man ⁱwill be forgiven, but ^jwhoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in ^kthis age or in the age to come.

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 ^l“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, ^mfor the tree is known by its fruit. 34 ⁿYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^owhen you are evil? ^pFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.