Verse 12

"Go and tell David, 'This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.'"

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  • Lev 26:41 : 41 so that I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their punishment for their iniquity,
  • Lev 26:43 : 43 For the land will be abandoned by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; they will accept their punishment for their iniquity, because they rejected my judgments and their soul abhorred my statutes.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in His eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites! 10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'
  • 2 Sam 12:14 : 14 However, because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will surely die.'
  • 1 Chr 21:10-11 : 10 "Go and tell David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for Me to carry out against you.’" 11 So Gad went to David and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: ‘Take your choice:
  • Job 5:17-18 : 17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds up; He injures, but His hands also heal.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
  • Heb 12:6-9 : 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts. 7 If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.