2 Samuel 24:17

God's Word

When David saw the Messenger who had been killing the people, he said to the Lord, “I’ve sinned. I’ve done wrong. What have these sheep done? Please let your punishment be against me and against my father’s family.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

Abraham came closer and asked, “Are you really going to sweep away the innocent with the guilty?

Genesis 44:33

Sir, please let me stay and be your slave in the boy’s place, and let the boy go back with his brothers.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die.

2 Samuel 24:10

After David counted the people, his conscience troubled him. David said to the Lord, “I have committed a terrible sin by what I have done. Lord, please forgive me because I have acted very foolishly.”

2 Samuel 7:8

“Now this is what you will say to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel.

1 Kings 22:17

So Micaiah said, “I saw Israel’s troops scattered in the hills like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These ⌞sheep⌟ have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’ ”

Job 42:6

That is why I take back what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry.”

Job 7:20

If I sin, what can I ⌞possibly⌟ do to you since you insist on spying on people? Why do you make me your target? I’ve become a burden even to myself.

Psalm 32:5

I made my sins known to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Lord. Then you forgave all my sins. Selah

Psalm 44:11

You hand us over to be butchered like sheep and scatter us among the nations.

Psalm 74:1

Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep in your care?

Psalm 78:71

He brought him from tending the ewes that had lambs so that David could be the shepherd of the people of Jacob, of Israel, the people who belonged to the Lord.

Exodus 10:16

Then Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

Isaiah 6:5

So I said, “Oh, no! I’m doomed. Every word that passes through my lips is sinful. I live among people with sinful lips. I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”

Jonah 1:12

He told them, “Throw me overboard. Then the sea will become calm. I know that I’m responsible for this violent storm.”

Zechariah 13:7

“Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my friend,” declares the Lord of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn my hand against the little ones.”

Numbers 16:22

Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground and said, “O God, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone! If one man sins, will you be angry with the whole community?”