2 Samuel 14:32

Conservative English Version

Absalom answered, "You didn't pay any attention when I sent for you. I want you to ask my father why he told me to come back from Geshur. I was better off there. I want to see my father now! If I'm guilty, let him kill me."

Cross References

Genesis 3:12

"It was the woman you put here with me," the man said. "She gave me some of the fruit, and I ate it."

2 Samuel 13:37

David was sad for a long time because Amnon was dead. Absalom had run away to Geshur, where he stayed for three years with King Talmai the son of Ammihud.

2 Samuel 14:31

Joab went to Absalom's house and demanded, "Why did your servants set my field on fire?"

2 Samuel 3:3

(SEE 3:2)

Psalm 36:2

They like themselves too much to hate their own sins or even to see them.

Exodus 14:12

While we were there, didn't we tell you to leave us alone? We had rather be slaves in Egypt than die in this desert!"

Exodus 16:3

"We wish the LORD had killed us in Egypt. When we lived there, we could at least sit down and eat all the bread and meat we wanted. But you have brought us out here into this desert, where we are going to starve."

Exodus 17:3

But the people were thirsty and kept on complaining, "Moses, did you bring us out of Egypt just to let us and our families and our animals die of thirst?"

Proverbs 28:13

If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.

Jeremiah 8:12

They should be ashamed of their disgusting sins, but they don't even blush. And so, when I punish Judah, they will end up on the ground, dead like everyone else.

Matthew 25:44

Then the people will ask, "Lord, when did we fail to help you when you were hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in jail?"

Romans 3:19

We know that everything in the Law was written for those who are under its power. The Law says these things to stop anyone from making excuses and to let God show that the whole world is guilty.

1 Samuel 15:13

Samuel finally caught up with Saul, and Saul told him, "I hope the LORD will bless you! I have done what the LORD told me."

1 Samuel 20:8

Be kind to me. After all, it was your idea to promise the LORD that we would always be loyal friends. If I've done anything wrong, kill me yourself, but don't hand me over to your father.