2 Samuel 12:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

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  • 2 Sam 11:3 : 3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
  • Prov 5:18-19 : 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
  • Mic 7:5 : 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

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  • 4 And 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 12:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

    2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

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    19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

    20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

    21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

    22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

  • 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour nt unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

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

  • Job 31:19-20
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    70%

    19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

    20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

  • 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

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    12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

    13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

    14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

    15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

    16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

    17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

  • 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

  • 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

  • 16 He that opesseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

  • 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

  • 21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingd with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

  • 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

  • 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the ice of the field.

  • 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

  • 23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

  • 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

  • 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

  • 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

  • 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

  • 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

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    30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

    31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

  • 7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

  • 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

  • 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

  • 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

  • 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

  • 3 A poor man that opesseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

  • 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

  • 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.