2 Samuel 14:14

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Summary

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

We must

Hebrews 9:27

As water

Job 14:7

Psalm 22:14

Psalm 79:3

God

He devise

Bible References

We must

Then said David unto the messenger, "Thus wise say unto Joab, 'Let not that thing trouble thee. For the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city and destroy it, and see that thou courage, Joab."

Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.

All flesh shall come together unto naught, and all men shall turn again unto earth.

Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men."

For it happeneth unto men as it doth unto beasts, and as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they have both one manner of breath, so that - in this - a man hath no preeminence above a beast, but all are subdued unto vanity.

For they that be living, know that they shall die: but they that be dead, know nothing, neither deserve they anymore. For their memorial is forgotten,

And as it is appointed unto men that they shall once die, and then cometh the judgment,

As water

"If a tree be cut down, there is some hope yet, that it will sprout and shoot forth the branches again;

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax.

Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.

God

For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts:

'Ungodly men are ye.' He hath none respect unto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the rich more than the poor. For they be all the work of his hands.

And they sent unto him their disciples with Herod's servants, saying, "Master, we know that thou art true, and that thou teachest the way of God truly, neither carest for any man, for thou considerest not men's estate.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive, that God is not partial:

For there is no partiality with God:

And if so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person judgeth according to every man's works, see that ye pass the time of your pilgrimage in fear:

He devise

If a man lay not await, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will point thee a place whither he shall flee.

And they shall confess their misdeeds and the misdeeds of their fathers; in their trespasses which they have trespassed against me, and for that also that they have walked contrary unto me.

And these six free cities shall be for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for him that dwelleth among you, that all they which kill any person unawares, may flee thither.

Thus sayeth the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, that I sent unto her? Or who is the usurer, to whom I sold you? Behold, for your own offenses are ye sold: and because of your transgression, is your mother forsaken.