2 Samuel 14:14

God's Word

We are all going to die; we are all like water that is poured on the ground and can’t be gathered up. But doesn’t God forgive a person? He never plans to keep a banished person in exile.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

David said to the messenger, “This is what you are to say to Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing trouble you, because a sword can kill one person as easily as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage him.”

2 Samuel 14:15

“I’ve come to say this to you because the people have frightened me. So I thought, ‘I will speak to the king about this. Maybe the king will do something for me, his subject.

1 Kings 11:39

I will make David’s descendants suffer for this, but not always.”

Job 14:14

“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.

Job 30:23

I know you will lead me to death, to the dwelling place appointed for all living beings.

Job 34:15

all living beings would die together, and humanity would return to dust.

Job 34:19

The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people over poor people because his hands made them all.

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It has melted within me.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

Psalm 58:7

Let them disappear like water that drains away. When they aim their bows, let their arrows miss the target.

Psalm 77:8

Has his mercy come to an end forever? Has his promise been canceled throughout every generation?

Psalm 79:3

They have shed the blood of your people around Jerusalem as though it were water. There is no one to bury your people.

Psalm 90:10

Each of us lives for 70 years— or even 80 if we are in good health. But the best of them ⌞bring⌟ trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Psalm 90:3

You turn mortals back into dust and say, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

Exodus 21:13

If it wasn’t done intentionally, but God let it happen, the killer should flee to a place I will set aside for you.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no more reward for the dead when the memory of them has faded.

Lamentations 3:31

“The Lord will not reject ⌞such⌟ people forever.

Ezekiel 18:23

I don’t want wicked people to die.” declares the Almighty Lord. “I want them to turn from their evil ways and live.

Leviticus 26:40

“But if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—the treacherous things they did to oppose me—

Numbers 35:15

These six cities will be places of refuge for Israelites, foreigners, and strangers among you. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may flee to these cities.

Numbers 35:25

⌞If you are innocent,⌟ the community must protect you from that relative. They must take you back to the city of refuge you fled to. You must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:28

Accused murderers must stay in their city of refuge until the death of the high priest. They may go back to their own property only after his death.

Matthew 22:16

They sent their disciples to him along with Herod’s followers. They said to him, “Teacher, we know that you tell the truth and that you teach the truth about the way of God. You don’t favor individuals because of who they are.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter said, “Now I understand that God doesn’t play favorites.

Romans 2:11

God does not play favorites.

Deuteronomy 10:17

The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, powerful, and awe-inspiring God. He never plays favorites and never takes a bribe.

Hebrews 9:27

People die once, and after that they are judged.

1 Peter 1:17

So if you call God your Father, live your time as temporary residents on earth in fear. He is the God who judges all people by what they have done, and he doesn’t play favorites.