2 Samuel 12:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also [that is] born unto thee shall surely die.

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  • Isa 52:5 : 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day [is] blasphemed.
  • Rom 2:24 : 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 ‹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.›
  • Ezek 36:20-23 : 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These [are] the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not [this] for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I [am] the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
  • Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
  • Matt 18:7 : 7 ¶ ‹Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!›
  • Neh 5:9 : 9 Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
  • Ps 89:31-33 : 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 ¶ Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
  • Prov 3:11-12 : 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

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    15¶ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

    16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

  • 2 Sam 12:9-13
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    9Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

    11Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

    12For thou didst [it] secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

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    19But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

  • 2 Sam 12:5-7
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    5And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, [As] the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this [thing] shall surely die:

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