"Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil
in His sight? Thou hast killed Uriah with the sword, and hast taken his
wife to be thy wife."
"Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house."
Then David was dreadfully sorry. He saw his great sin in the sight of
the Lord, and he earnestly asked to be forgiven.
If you read the fifty-first Psalm you will see how sorry he was.
And the Lord did forgive him; but David had to bear the effects of his
sin the whole of his life afterwards.
[Illustration]
XV. THREE COMMANDMENTS
ABOUT OUR HANDS—OUR TONGUES—AND OUR HEARTS
_VIII. "Thou shalt not steal."_
PERHAPS you draw back, and say, "Steal! Surely no one would think I
would steal!"
But when we come to think it over, there are a good many ways of
stealing; or being tempted to steal. There are little unfairnesses
that many practise, without in the least realizing that they lead to
dishonesty. A boy who cheats over his lessons goes very near the mark!
A girl who borrows from her class-mate a sixpence to buy a hair ribbon,
and does not return it, goes very near the mark too!
Satan is so wary, and we are so un-wary!