1. Abigail’s Wisdom
I Samuel 25

2. Nabal – a hard, obstinate fool (v.3,17)
Abigail’s Wisdom
I Samuel 25

3. Abigail’s Wisdom I Samuel 25
David – wrongly reproached and angry (v,13, 21-22)
Nabal – a hard, obstinate fool (v.3,17)
Abigail’s Wisdom
I Samuel 25

4. Abigail’s Wisdom
Prudent action behind the scenes – working in silence (v, 18-19,27, 34)
Haste
Give present – meet graciously the need

5. Abigail’s Wisdom
Prudent action behind the scenes – working in silence (v, 18-19,27, 34)
Haste
Give present – meet graciously the need
Persuasive thoughts face to face – working with words (v , 26,33, 29)
Haste, humility, reality
Present intervention to prevent future regret
Be bound in the bundle of life

6. Providence of God realized
Death of Nabal – Abigail’s words cause a paralyzing stroke – subsequent death ten days later (v )

7. Providence of God realized
Death of Nabal – Abigail’s words cause a paralyzing stroke – subsequent death ten days later (v )
David’s praise of Jehovah (v. 39)
He had pleaded the cause of David’s reproach
Kept back David from evil
Nabal’s evil turned back on his on head

8. Lessons to learn
Fearing Jehovah is praised before limited beauty (Prov. 31:30)

9. Lessons to learn
Fearing Jehovah is praised before limited beauty (Prov. 31:30)
Look closer into the man you propose to marry, than he being a good provider.

10. Lessons to learn
Fearing Jehovah is praised before limited beauty (Prov. 31:30)
Look closer into the man you propose to marry, than he being a good provider.
Give thanks daily to God if you are married to an Abigail