2 Samuel 14:14

Free Bible Version

Yes, we all have to die. We're like water spilled on the ground that can't be collected again. But that's not what God does. Instead he works out ways for anyone who is banished to come back home to him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

Then David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab this: ‘Don't be upset about this, for the sword destroys people at random. Press on with your attack against the town and conquer it.’ Encourage him by telling him this.”

2 Samuel 14:15

That's why I've come to explain this to Your Majesty, because someone has frightened me. So I thought to myself, I will go and speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant my request.

1 Kings 11:39

I will punish David's descendants because of this, but not forever.’”

Job 14:14

Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.

Job 30:23

I know you're taking me to my death, to the place where all the living go.

Job 34:15

all living things would immediately die and human beings would return to dust.

Job 34:19

He doesn't think more of the rich than the poor, for they are all people he himself made.

Psalm 22:14

I feel like I'm being poured out like water. I'm falling apart as if all my bones have become loose. My mind feels like it's wax melting inside me.

Psalm 22:15

My strength has dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue is stuck to the roof of my mouth. You're burying me as if I'm already dead.

Psalm 58:7

May they vanish like water that flows away; when they shoot their arrows may they miss their mark.

Psalm 77:8

Has his trustworthy love disappeared forever? Have his promises permanently ended?

Psalm 79:3

They have poured out the blood of Jerusalem's people like water all through the city; no one remains to bury the dead.

Psalm 90:10

We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we have is hardship and suffering. Soon our lives are over and we're gone.

Psalm 90:3

You turn people back into dust, saying, “Return to dust, human beings.”

Exodus 21:13

However, if it wasn't intentional and God let it happen, then I will arrange a place for you where they can run to and be safe.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living are conscious of the fact that they're going to die, but the dead have no consciousness of anything. They don't receive any further benefit; they're forgotten.

Lamentations 3:31

For the Lord won't abandon us forever.

Ezekiel 18:23

Do I like it when wicked people die? declares the Lord God. Of course not—I would be delighted if they stopped sinning and lived!

Leviticus 26:40

They need to confess their sins and those of their fathers, acting in such an unfaithful way towards me, opposing me.

Numbers 35:15

These six cities will be places of sanctuary for the Israelites and for foreigners or settlers among them, so that anyone who kills a person by mistake may run there.

Numbers 35:25

The court is to protect the killer from being attacked by the avenger and must return him to the sanctuary town that he ran to, and he must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with holy oil.

Numbers 35:28

because the killer has to stay in his sanctuary town until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest is he allowed to return to the land he owns.

Matthew 22:16

They sent their disciples to him, together with some of Herod's supporters. “Teacher, we know you are a honest man, and that you teach God's way is the truth,” they began. “You don't allow yourself to be influenced by anyone, and you don't care about rank or status.

Acts 10:34

Peter replied, “I'm totally convinced that God has no favorites.

Romans 2:11

God has no favorites.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great, powerful, and awesome God. He shows no favoritism and accepts no bribes.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as human beings die only once, and then are judged,

1 Peter 1:17

Since you call him Father, and recognize he judges everyone impartially based on what they do, take your time here on earth seriously, respecting him.