David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
The Old Testament prophets regarded those who are ungodly, namely, those who do not take God into account, as fools (Psalms 14:1; Proverbs 18:2; Proverbs 18:7; Isaiah 32:6). God promised to punish the ungodly (Deuteronomy 28), and He will punish fools (1 Samuel 25:25-26).