2 Samuel 12:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die.

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  • 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 This thing you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you are deserving of death because you have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head."
  • Luke 6:41-42 : 41 And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye? 42 Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
  • Luke 9:55 : 55 But he turned and rebuked them, and said, You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.
  • 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him.
  • 1 Sam 20:31 : 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.
  • 1 Sam 25:21-22 : 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missing of all that belonged to him, and he has repaid me evil for good. 22 So may God do to David's enemies, and more also, if by morning I leave anyone who urinates against the wall, of all who belong to him.

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  • 2 Sam 12:6-7
    2 verses
    85%

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

    7Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

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

    2The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.

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

    12For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

    13David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

    14However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.

    15And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.

  • 2 Sam 12:4
    79%

    4And a traveler came to the rich man, and he refused to take from his own flock and herd to prepare a meal for the wanderer who had come to him; instead, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.

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

    14And David said to him, How are you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

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

    16And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, 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 Nathan spoke to David.

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 17:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.

    3And it happened 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, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

    10David said furthermore, "As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish."

  • Exod 21:12
    73%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • 2 Sam 7:4
    72%

    4And it happened that night, that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

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

    9Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

    10Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    72%

    17And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let Your hand, I pray You, 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 on his bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood from your hand, and remove you from the earth?

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    71%

    5For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you 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 protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missing of all that belonged to him, and he has repaid me evil for good.

    22So may God do to David's enemies, and more also, if by morning I leave anyone who urinates against the wall, of all who belong to him.

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

    23Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

    24Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.

  • Lev 24:17
    71%

    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:13
    71%

    13Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has 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 take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

  • 2 Sam 13:21
    70%

    21But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

  • 1 Sam 17:27
    70%

    27The people answered him in this manner, saying, So shall it be done for the man who kills him.

  • 2 Sam 12:18
    70%

    18And it came to pass on the seventh day, the child died. The servants of David were afraid to tell him the child was dead: for they said, While the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us: how then will he vex himself, if we tell him the child is dead?

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man 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
    70%

    24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

  • Lev 20:10
    69%

    10And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor'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 has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

    32And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, 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 David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done: and now, I beg You, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • 1 Sam 25:38
    69%

    38And it came about ten days later that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.

  • 1 Sam 25:26
    69%

    26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.

  • 1 Sam 25:34
    69%

    34For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal.

  • 1 Chr 21:17
    69%

    17And David said to God, Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is I who have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on your people, that they should be afflicted.

  • 1 Chr 13:10
    69%

    10And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him, because he put his hand on 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 as offenders.

  • Ezek 18:18
    68%

    18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.