2 Samuel 12:9

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Summary

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

Despised

To do evil

Jeremiah 18:10

Thou hast

2 Samuel 11:15

General references

Bible References

Despised

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, to be thy wife.'

And David sent messengers and fetched her, and she came unto him, and he lay with her. And she was straightway purified of her uncleanness, and returned unto her house.

For verily the blood of you, wherein your lives are, will I require: Even of the hand of all beasts will I require it, and of the hand of man and of the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man:

"Thou shalt not kill.

"'And the soul that doth ought presumptuously, whether he be an Israelite or a stranger, the same hath despised the LORD. And that soul shall be destroyed from among his people,

And wherefore hast thou now not obeyed the voice of the LORD: But didst turn to the prey and hast wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD?"

Therefore like as fire licketh up the straw, and as the flame consumeth the stubble: Even so - when their root is full - their blossom shall vanish away like dust or smoke. For they have cast away the law of the LORD of Hosts, and blaspheme the word of the holy maker of Israel.

"Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Judah, I will not spare him: because he hath cast aside the law of the LORD, and not kept his commandments: For why? They would needs be deceived with the lies that their forefathers followed.

He that despiseth Moses' law, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses.

To do evil

And he burnt his children in fire in the valley of the sons of Hinnom. And he observed dismal days and occupied witchcraft and sorcery, and maintained workers with spirits and seers of fortunes: and wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to anger him withal.

Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge.

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} O LORD, thou searchest me out, and knowest me.

if the same people do evil before me, and hear not my voice: Immediately, I repent of the good, that I devised to do for them.

Thou hast

And he wrote in the letter saying, "Put Uriah in the forefront of the battle where it is most strong, and come back from him that he may be smitten to death."

General references

"Thou shalt not kill.

And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf; which Aaron made.

"'Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

For many a one hath she wounded and cast down, yea many a strong man hath she slain.

If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?

Then spake Jeremiah the prophet all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem: