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and found the spring, and from it boldly brought the king a drink.
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But David, although he was burning with thirst, considered it an altogether fearful danger to his soul to drink what was regarded as equivalent to blood.
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Therefore, opposing reason to desire, he poured out the drink as an offering to God.
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For the temperate mind can conquer the drives of the emotions and quench the flames of frenzied desires;
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it can overthrow bodily agonies even when they are extreme, and by nobility of reason spurn all domination by the emotions.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.