^12 (A)Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. ¹³ And do not present your ^(B)members as ^[a]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but ^(C)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. ¹⁴ For ^(D)sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

^16 (A)This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

³⁹ So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, ^(A)“Blessed be the Lord, who has ^(B)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has ^(C)kept His servant from evil! For the Lord has ^(D)returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.”

And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

¹² Now ^(A)the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel. ^13 (B)And all the people shall hear and fear, and no longer act presumptuously.

⁶ And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For ^(A)I also withheld you from sinning ^(B)against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.