2 Samuel 12:5

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And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

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  • 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?
  • Luke 6:41-42 : 41 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye? 42 How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.
  • Luke 9:55 : 55 But turning round he said sharp words to them.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
  • 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.
  • 1 Sam 20:31 : 31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 25:21-22 : 21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good. 22 May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

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  • 2 Sam 12:6-7
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    6And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.

    7And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

  • 2 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.

    2The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;

  • 2 Sam 12:12-15
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    80%

    12You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.

    13And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.

    14But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.

    15Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • 2 Sam 12:4
    79%

    4Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

  • 2 Sam 1:14-16
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    14And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

    15And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

    16And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
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    15So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    74%

    17So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

  • 1 Chr 17:2-3
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    74%

    2And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.

    3But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

  • 1 Sam 26:9-10
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    9And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

    10And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

  • Exod 21:12
    73%

    12He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

  • 2 Sam 7:4
    72%

    4Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

  • 2 Sam 12:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    72%

    17And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    71%

    11How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
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    5For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

  • 1 Sam 25:21-22
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    21Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

    22May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23-24
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    23Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord, saying, May God's punishment be on me if Adonijah does not give payment for these words with his life.

    24Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.

  • Lev 24:17
    71%

    17And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:13
    71%

    13And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.

  • Deut 19:12
    71%

    12The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • 2 Sam 13:21
    70%

    21But when King David had news of all these things he was very angry; but he did not make trouble for Amnon his son, for he was dear to David, being his oldest son.

  • 1 Sam 17:27
    70%

    27And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.

  • 2 Sam 12:18
    70%

    18And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

  • 2 Sam 19:21
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    21But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
    70%

    24And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

  • Lev 20:10
    69%

    10And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    69%

    31And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

    32And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 24:10
    69%

    10And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

  • 1 Sam 25:38
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    38And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.

  • 1 Sam 25:26
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    26So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

  • 1 Sam 25:34
    69%

    34For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

  • 1 Chr 21:17
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    17And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.

  • 1 Chr 13:10
    69%

    10And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.

  • 1 Kgs 1:21
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    21For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

  • Ezek 18:18
    68%

    18As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing.