Psalms 19:13 Cross References

Psalms 19:13

13: Keep me from deliberate sins! Don't let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.

Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to its lustful desires.
Do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness, to be used for sinning. Instead, give yourselves completely to God since you have been given new life. And use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God.
Sin is no longer your master, for you are no longer subject to the law, which enslaves you to sin. Instead, you are free by God's grace.

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Praise the LORD, who has paid back Nabal and kept me from doing it myself. Nabal has received the punishment for his sin." Then David wasted no time in sending messengers to Abigail to ask her to become his wife.

Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and everyone else.

For the LORD God is our light and protector. He gives us grace and glory. No good thing will the LORD withhold from those who do what is right.

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel.
Then everyone will hear about it and be afraid to act so arrogantly.

"Yes, I know you are innocent," God replied. "That is why I kept you from sinning against me; I did not let you touch her.

"But those who brazenly violate the LORD's will, whether native Israelites or foreigners, blaspheme the LORD, and they must be cut off from the community.
Since they have treated the LORD's word with contempt and deliberately disobeyed his commands, they must be completely cut off and suffer the consequences of their guilt."

He is especially hard on those who follow their own evil, lustful desires and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at the glorious ones without so much as trembling.

For the LORD is righteous, and he loves justice. Those who do what is right will see his face.

Don't you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval.
Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you have obeyed with all your heart the new teaching God has given you.
Now you are free from sin, your old master, and you have become slaves to your new master, righteousness.
I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of righteousness so that you will become holy.
In those days, when you were slaves of sin, you weren't concerned with doing what was right.

However, if someone deliberately attacks and kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and put to death.

So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD's command, and he even consulted a medium
instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned his kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

David replied to Abigail, "Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me today!
Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murdering the man and carrying out vengeance with my own hands.
For I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept me from hurting you, that if you had not hurried out to meet me, not one of Nabal's men would be alive tomorrow morning."

Home