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2 Samuel 18:33
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2 Samuel 18:33
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33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died(A) instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”[a](B)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 18:33 In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.
2 Samuel 18:33
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2 Samuel 18:33
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33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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2 Samuel 19:4
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2 Samuel 19:4
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4 The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 19:4
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2 Samuel 19:4
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4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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Proverbs 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs(A) of Solomon:(B)
A wise son brings joy to his father,(C)
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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10 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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Romans 9:3
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Romans 9:3
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3 For I could wish that I myself(A) were cursed(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(C) those of my own race,(D)
Romans 9:3
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Romans 9:3
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3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
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Psalm 103:13
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Psalm 103:13
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13 As a father has compassion(A) on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
Psalm 103:13
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Psalm 103:13
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13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
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2 Samuel 12:10-23
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2 Samuel 12:10-23
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10 Now, therefore, the sword(A) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household(B) I am going to bring calamity on you.(C) Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.(D) 12 You did it in secret,(E) but I will do this thing in broad daylight(F) before all Israel.’”
13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned(G) against the Lord.”
Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away(H) your sin.(I) You are not going to die.(J) 14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for[a] the Lord,(K) the son born to you will die.”
15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck(L) the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying(M) in sackcloth[b] on the ground. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused,(N) and he would not eat any food with them.(O)
18 On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”
19 David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked.
“Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”
20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed,(P) put on lotions and changed his clothes,(Q) he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept,(R) but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows?(S) The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’(T) 23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him,(U) but he will not return to me.”(V)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 12:14 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text for the enemies of
- 2 Samuel 12:16 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have in sackcloth.
2 Samuel 12:10-23
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2 Samuel 12:10-23
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10 Now 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.
11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13 And 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.
14 Howbeit, 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.
16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 And 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?
19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
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Exodus 32:32
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Exodus 32:32
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32 But now, please forgive their sin(A)—but if not, then blot me(B) out of the book(C) you have written.”
Exodus 32:32
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Exodus 32:32
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32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
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James 5:17
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James 5:17
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17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.(A) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.(B)
James 5:17
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James 5:17
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17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
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