2 Samuel 12:4

God's Word

“Now, a visitor came to the rich man. The rich man thought it would be a pity to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler. So he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared her for the traveler.”

Cross References

James 1:14

Everyone is tempted by his own desires as they lure him away and trap him.

Judges 19:17

He saw the traveler in the city square. So the old man asked, “Where do you come from? And where are you going?”

2 Samuel 12:3

but the poor man had only one little female lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up in his home with his children. She would eat his food and drink from his cup. She rested in his arms and was like a daughter.

2 Samuel 12:5

David burned with anger against the man. “I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives,” he said to Nathan, “the man who did this certainly deserves to die!