1 Samuel 25:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. ⁵ So 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. ⁶ Thus you shall salute him: ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.