2 Samuel 12:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:3

But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:5

And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

James 1:14

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

Judges 19:17

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?