2 Samuel 24:14

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then David said to Gad: "I am in great anguish. But it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men."

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:8

And reverencing him, he said, "Who am I, your servant, that you should look with favor upon a dead dog like me?"

2 Kings 6:15

Now the servant of the man of God, arising at first light, went out and saw the army all around the city, with horses and chariots. And he reported it to him, saying: "Alas, alas, alas, my lord! What shall we do?"

1 Chronicles 21:13

And David said to Gad: "There are difficulties pressing upon me from every side. But it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men."

Psalm 145:9

The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.

Psalm 51:1

Unto the end. The understanding of David.

Psalm 86:5

Will not Zion say that this man and that man were born in her? And the Most High himself has founded her.

Proverbs 12:10

The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. I have polluted my inheritance, and I have given them into your hand. You have not shown mercy to them. You have greatly increased the burden of your yoke upon the elders.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.

Jeremiah 39:17

And I will free you in that day, says the Lord. And you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you dread.

Lamentations 3:22

HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away.

Daniel 9:9

But to you, the Lord our God, is mercy and atonement, for we have withdrawn from you,

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to the Lord, and he said, "I beg you, Lord, was this not my word, when I was still in my own land? Because of this, I knew beforehand to flee into Tarshish. For I know that you are a lenient and merciful God, patient and great in compassion, and forgiving despite ill will.

Micah 7:18

What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.

Micah 7:19

He will turn back and have mercy on us. He will put away our iniquities, and he will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Zechariah 1:15

And, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in evil.

John 12:27

Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say? Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this reason that I came to this hour.

Philippians 1:23

For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,

1 Samuel 13:6

And when the men of Israel had seen themselves to be in a narrowed position, they hid themselves in caves, and in out of the way places, and in rocks, and in hollows, and in pits (for the people were distressed).