Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
Psalm 19:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be blameless, and I shall be innocent and clear of great transgression. American Standard Version (1901) Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, And I shall be clear from great transgression. Common English Bible and save your servant from willful sins. Don’t let them rule me. Then I’ll be completely blameless; I’ll be innocent of great wrongdoing. |
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
For the Lord is righteous, he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Keep steady my steps according to thy promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
“If the whole congregation of Israel commits a sin unwittingly and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done and are guilty;
“Say to the people of Israel, If any one sins unwittingly in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,
“When a ruler sins, doing unwittingly any one of all the things which the Lord his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,
“If any one of the common people sins unwittingly in doing any one of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,
So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men.
and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and wilful, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones,
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife.