2 Samuel 12:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And 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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  • 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 This thing [is] not good that thou hast done. [As] the LORD liveth, ye [are] worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his bolster.
  • Luke 6:41-42 : 41 ‹And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?› 42 ‹Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.›
  • Luke 9:55 : 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, ‹Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.›
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 ¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 ¶ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
  • 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For, [as] the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But [there was] not a man among all the people [that] answered him.
  • 1 Sam 20:31 : 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
  • 1 Sam 25:21-22 : 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this [fellow] hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

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  • 2 Sam 12:6-7
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    85%

    6And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

    7And Nathan said to David, Thou [art] the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

  • 2 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1¶ And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

    2The rich [man] had exceeding many flocks and herds:

  • 2 Sam 12:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

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

    13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

    14Howbeit, 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.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 12:4
    79%

    4And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

  • 2 Sam 1:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

    15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

    16And David said unto him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    74%

    15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    74%

    17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

  • 1 Chr 17:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that [is] in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.

    3And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

  • 1 Sam 26:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?

    10David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

  • Exod 21:12
    73%

    12¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

  • 2 Sam 7:4
    72%

    4¶ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

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

    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.

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    72%

    17And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    71%

    11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    71%

    5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 1 Sam 25:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this [fellow] hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

    22So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

    24Now therefore, [as] the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

  • Lev 24:17
    71%

    17And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:13
    71%

    13Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Deut 19:12
    71%

    12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • 2 Sam 13:21
    70%

    21¶ But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

  • 1 Sam 17:27
    70%

    27And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

  • 2 Sam 12:18
    70%

    18And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

  • 2 Sam 19:21
    70%

    21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?

  • 1 Kgs 1:24
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    24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  • Lev 20:10
    69%

    10¶ And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
    2 verses
    69%

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

    32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 24:10
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    10¶ And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • 1 Sam 25:38
    69%

    38And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

  • 1 Sam 25:26
    69%

    26Now therefore, my lord, [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

  • 1 Sam 25:34
    69%

    34For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

  • 1 Chr 21:17
    69%

    17And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

  • 1 Chr 13:10
    69%

    10And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

  • 1 Kgs 1:21
    68%

    21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

  • Ezek 18:18
    68%

    18[As for] his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did [that] which [is] not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.