2 Samuel 14:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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.”

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 for ever.”

Job 14:14

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

Job 30:23

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

Job 34:15

we humans would die and return to the soil.

Job 34:19

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

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.

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 dust.

Psalm 58:7

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

Psalm 77:8

Is this the end of your love and your promises?

Psalm 79:3

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

Psalm 90:10

We can expect seventy years, or perhaps 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,

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

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

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 enjoy seeing them turn from their sins and live.

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,

Numbers 35:15

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

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 35:28

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

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.

Acts 10:34

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

Romans 2:11

God doesn't have any favourites!

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.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.

1 Peter 1:17

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