2 Samuel 11:2

Good News Translation

One day, late in the afternoon, David got up from his nap and went to the palace roof. As he walked around up there, he saw a woman taking a bath in her house. She was very beautiful.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “You are a beautiful woman.

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took her and raped her.

Genesis 39:6

Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph and did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well-built and good-looking,

Genesis 6:2

some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

2 Samuel 13:1

David's son Absalom had a beautiful unmarried sister named Tamar. Amnon, another of David's sons, fell in love with her.

2 Samuel 14:27

Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar, a very beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 4:5

Rechab and Baanah set out for Ishbosheth's house and arrived there about noon, while he was taking his midday rest.

2 Samuel 4:7

Once inside, they went to Ishbosheth's bedroom, where he was sound asleep, and killed him. Then they cut off his head, took it with them, and walked all night through the Jordan Valley.

Job 31:1

I have made a solemn promise never to look with lust at a woman.

Psalm 119:37

Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.

Proverbs 19:15

Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honors the Lord should be praised.

Proverbs 6:25

Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.

Proverbs 7:8

He was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woman lived. He was passing near her house

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses of Jerusalem, the houses of the kings of Judah, and indeed all the houses on whose roofs incense has been burned to the stars and where wine has been poured out as an offering to other gods—they will all be as unclean as Topheth.”

Matthew 10:27

What I am telling you in the dark you must repeat in broad daylight, and what you have heard in private you must announce from the housetops.

Matthew 24:17

Someone who is on the roof of a house must not take the time to go down and get any belongings from the house.

Matthew 5:28

But now I tell you: anyone who looks at a woman and wants to possess her is guilty of committing adultery with her in his heart.

Acts 10:9

The next day, as they were on their way and coming near Joppa, Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.

Deuteronomy 22:8

“When you build a new house, be sure to put a railing around the edge of the roof. Then you will not be responsible if someone falls off and is killed.

Deuteronomy 5:21

“‘Do not desire another man's wife; do not desire his house, his land, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.’

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.

1 John 2:16

Everything that belongs to the world—what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of—none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.

1 Samuel 9:25

When they went down from the place of worship to the town, they fixed up a bed for Saul on the roof,