2 Samuel 12:4

Easy To Read Version

“Then a traveler stopped to visit the rich man. {The rich man wanted to give food to the traveler.} But the rich man did not want to take anything from his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler. No, the rich man took the lamb from the poor man. The rich man {killed the lamb} and cooked it for his visitor.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:3

But the poor man had nothing, except one little female lamb that he bought. The poor man fed the lamb. The lamb grew up with this poor man and his children. The lamb ate from the poor man’s food and drank from the poor man’s cup. The lamb slept on the poor man’s chest. The lamb was like a daughter to the poor man.

2 Samuel 12:5

David became very angry against the rich man. He said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, surely the man who did this should die!

James 1:14

It is the evil things a person wants that tempt that person. His own evil desire leads him away and holds him.

Judges 19:17

The old man saw the traveler (the Levite man), in the public square. The old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”