2 Samuel 24:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:8

And he went down on his face before the king, and said, What is your servant, for you to take note of a dead dog such as I am?

2 Kings 6:15

Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?

1 Chronicles 21:13

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

Psalm 119:156

Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

Psalm 51:1

To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.

Psalm 86:5

You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

Proverbs 12:10

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

Isaiah 55:7

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will keep you safe on that day, says the Lord: you will not be given into the hands of the men you are fearing.

Lamentations 3:22

It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.

Daniel 9:9

With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

Jonah 4:2

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.

Micah 7:19

He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

John 12:27

Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

Philippians 1:23

I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

1 Samuel 13:6

And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.