2 Samuel 12:14

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Nonetheless, because you have treated the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”

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  • Isa 52:5 : 5 And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
  • Rom 2:24 : 24 For just as it is written,“the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
  • Ezek 36:20-23 : 20 But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them,‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they have departed from his land.’ 21 I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went. 22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went. 23 I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.
  • Amos 3:2 : 2 “I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
  • Matt 18:7 : 7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.
  • Neh 5:9 : 9 Then I said,“The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
  • Ps 89:31-33 : 31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, 32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises. 33 But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law,
  • Prov 3:11-12 : 11 My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke. 12 For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

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  • 2 Sam 12:15-16
    2 verses
    85%

    15Then Nathan went to his home. The LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became very ill.

    16Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

  • 2 Sam 12:9-13
    5 verses
    81%

    9Why have you shown contempt for the LORD’s decrees by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife to be your own wife! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

    10So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’

    11This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight!

    12Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”

    13Then David exclaimed to Nathan,“I have sinned against the LORD!” Nathan replied to David,“Yes, and the LORD has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.

  • 2 Sam 12:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said,“While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!”

    19When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants,“Is the child dead?” They replied,“Yes, he’s dead.”

  • 2 Sam 12:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan,“As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

    6Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”

    7Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    74%

    12“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

  • 2 Chr 21:14
    73%

    14So look, the LORD is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

  • 2 Sam 11:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.

    27When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

  • 2 Sam 11:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

    15In the letter he wrote:“Station Uriah at the front in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
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    70%

    15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

  • Isa 14:20
    70%

    20You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

  • Jer 22:30
    70%

    30The LORD says,“Enroll this man in the register as though he were childless. Enroll him as a man who will not enjoy success during his lifetime. For none of his sons will succeed in occupying the throne of David or ever succeed in ruling over Judah.”

  • 2 Sam 16:11
    69%

    11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him.

  • 1 Sam 2:33
    69%

    33Any man of yours that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause his eyes to fail and will cause him grief. All of those born to your family will die by the sword of man.

  • Jer 20:15
    69%

    15Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!

  • 1 Sam 26:10
    69%

    10David went on to say,“As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
    69%

    15Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

  • 1 Kgs 3:19
    69%

    19This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.

  • 1 Kgs 14:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”

    17So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.

  • Ezek 18:18
    69%

    18As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    69%

    18Since you did not obey the LORD and did not carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites, the LORD has done this thing to you today.

  • 1 Kgs 1:21
    69%

    21If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

  • 1 Sam 25:22
    68%

    22God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!”

  • Amos 7:17
    68%

    17“Therefore this is what the LORD says:‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”

  • 2 Sam 12:1
    68%

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  • 1 Chr 13:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God.

    11David was angry because the LORD attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

  • 2 Sam 24:17
    68%

    17When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the LORD,“Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep– what have they done? Attack me and my family.”

  • 2 Sam 11:5
    68%

    5The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying,“I’m pregnant.”

  • Jer 11:22
    68%

    22So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies said,“I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.

  • Ezek 18:14
    68%

    14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.

  • 1 Sam 20:31
    68%

    31For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!”

  • Nah 1:14
    68%

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  • 2 Sam 19:21
    68%

    21Abishai son of Zeruiah replied,“For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the LORD’s anointed!”

  • 1 Chr 21:8
    68%

    8David said to God,“I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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    17Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

  • 1 Sam 25:38
    67%

    38After about ten days the LORD struck Nabal down and he died.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    67%

    7Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”