Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Keep

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart, for it was I who kept you back and spared you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not give you an opportunity to touch her.
1 Samuel 25:32
David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day.

Presumptuous

Exodus 21:14
But if a man acts intentionally against another and kills him by [design through] treachery, you are to take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], so that he may be put to death.
Numbers 15:30
But the person who does [anything wrong] willfully and defiantly, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one is blaspheming the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].
Deuteronomy 17:12
The man who acts presumptuously and insolently by not listening to the priest who stands there to serve the Lord your God, nor to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall remove the evil from Israel.
2 Peter 2:10
and especially those who indulge in the corrupt passions of the sin nature, and despise authority.Presumptuous and reckless, self-willed and arrogant [creatures, despising the majesty of the Lord], they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,

Let

Psalm 119:133

Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].
Romans 6:12
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts and passions.

Upright

Psalm 7:10

My shield and my defense depend on God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);
The upright shall see His face.
Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Acts 24:16
In view of this, I also do my best and strive always to have a clear conscience before God and before men.

I shall

Psalm 18:23

I was blameless before Him,
And I kept myself free from my sin.
1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, for his failure to keep the word of the Lord; and also because he consulted a medium [regarding a spirit of the dead], to inquire of her,

General references

John 8:36
So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.