Verse 2

and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king's house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman `is' of very good appearance,

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 22:8 : 8 `When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?
  • Acts 10:9 : 9 And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! 41 watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
  • 1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, 7 for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 because all that `is' in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
  • Prov 24:33-34 : 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. 34 And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.'
  • 1 Sam 9:25 : 25 And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.
  • 2 Sam 4:5 : 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down -- the lying down of noon;
  • 2 Sam 4:7 : 7 yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And the woman seeth that the tree `is' good for food, and that it `is' pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make `one' wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
  • Gen 39:6 : 6 and he leaveth all that he hath in the hand of Joseph, and he hath not known anything that he hath, except the bread which he is eating. And Joseph is of a fair form, and of a fair appearance.