2 Samuel 11:15

Good News Translation

He wrote: “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is heaviest, then retreat and let him be killed.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:16

So while Joab was besieging the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew the enemy was strong.

2 Samuel 11:17

The enemy troops came out of the city and fought Joab's forces; some of David's officers were killed, and so was Uriah.

2 Samuel 12:9

Why, then, have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle; you let the Ammonites kill him, and then you took his wife!

1 Kings 15:5

The Lord did this because David had done what pleased him and had never disobeyed any of his commands, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Psalm 51:14

Spare my life, O God, and save me, and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness.

Psalm 51:4

I have sinned against you—only against you— and done what you consider evil. So you are right in judging me; you are justified in condemning me.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.

Jeremiah 17:9

“Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

Jeremiah 20:13

Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! He rescues the oppressed from the power of evil people.

1 Samuel 18:17

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife on condition that you serve me as a brave and loyal soldier, and fight the Lord's battles.” (Saul was thinking that in this way the Philistines would kill David, and he would not have to do it himself.)

1 Samuel 18:21

He said to himself, “I'll give Michal to David; I will use her to trap him, and he will be killed by the Philistines.” So for the second time Saul said to David, “You will be my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:25

and Saul ordered them to tell David: “All the king wants from you as payment for the bride are the foreskins of a hundred dead Philistines, as revenge on his enemies.” (This was how Saul planned to have David killed by the Philistines.)