2 Samuel 14:14

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.

Cross References

Job 30:23

Soon he will send me home to the world of the dead, where we all must go.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.

Numbers 35:28

You must stay inside the town until the high priest dies; only then can you go back home.

Job 34:15

we humans would die and return to the soil.

Numbers 35:25

If they decide that you are innocent, you will be protected from the victim's relative and sent to stay in one of the Safe Towns until the high priest dies.

Numbers 35:15

They will be places of protection for anyone who lives in Israel and accidentally kills someone.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

We know we will die, but the dead don't know a thing. Nothing good will happen to them—they are gone and forgotten.

Psalm 22:14

I have no more strength than a few drops of water. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.

Job 14:14

Will we humans live again? I would gladly suffer and wait for my time.

Romans 2:11

God doesn't have any favorites!

Matthew 22:16

They sent some of their followers and some of Herod's followers to say to him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are.

Psalm 90:10

We can expect seventy years, or maybe eighty, if we are healthy, but even our best years bring trouble and sorrow. Suddenly our time is up, and we disappear.

Psalm 90:3

At your command we die and turn back to dust,

Psalm 79:3

All Jerusalem is covered with their blood, and there is no one left to bury them.

Psalm 58:7

Make them disappear like leaking water, and make their arrows miss.

Job 34:19

And God created us all; he has no favorites, whether rich or poor.

2 Samuel 11:25

David replied, “Tell Joab to cheer up and not to be upset about what happened. You never know who will be killed in a war. Tell him to strengthen his attack against the city and break through its walls.”

Deuteronomy 10:17

The Lord your God is more powerful than all other gods and lords, and his tremendous power is to be feared. His decisions are always fair, and you cannot bribe him to change his mind.

Leviticus 26:40

Then suppose you realize that I turned against you and brought you to the land of your enemies because both you and your ancestors had stubbornly sinned against me. If you humbly confess what you have done and start living right,

1 Peter 1:17

You say that God is your Father, but God doesn't have favorites! He judges all people by what they do. So you must honor God while you live as strangers here on earth.

Acts 10:34

Peter then said: Now I am certain that God treats all people alike.

Exodus 21:13

But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the Lord, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside.

2 Samuel 14:15

Your Majesty, I came here to tell you about my problem, because I was afraid of what someone might do to me. I decided to come to you, because I thought you could help.

1 Kings 11:39

“I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever.”

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a broken clay pot, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You, God, have left me to die in the dirt.

Psalm 77:8

Is this the end of your love and your promises?

Lamentations 3:31

The Lord won't always reject us!

Ezekiel 18:23

I, the Lord God, don't like to see wicked people die. I had much rather see them turn back from their sins and live.