2 Samuel 13:4

Good News Translation

Jonadab said to Amnon, “You are the king's son, yet day after day I see you looking sad. What's the matter?” “I'm in love with Tamar, the sister of my half brother Absalom,” he answered.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:3

But he had a friend, a very shrewd man named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shammah.

2 Samuel 13:5

Jonadab said to him, “Pretend that you are sick and go to bed. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please ask my sister Tamar to come and feed me. I want her to fix the food here where I can see her, and then serve it to me herself.’”

1 Kings 21:5

His wife Jezebel went to him and asked, “Why are you so depressed? Why won't you eat?”

1 Kings 21:7

“Well, are you the king or aren't you?” Jezebel replied. “Get out of bed, cheer up, and eat. I will get you Naboth's vineyard!”

Isaiah 3:9

Their prejudices will be held against them. They sin as openly as the people of Sodom did. They are doomed, and they have brought it on themselves.

Jeremiah 8:12

My people, were you ashamed because you did these disgusting things? No, you were not ashamed at all; you don't even know how to blush! And so you will fall as others have fallen; when I punish you, that will be the end of you. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Leviticus 18:9

Do not have intercourse with your sister or your stepsister, whether or not she was brought up in the same house with you.

Leviticus 20:17

If a man marries his sister or half sister, they shall be publicly disgraced and driven out of the community. He has had intercourse with his sister and must suffer the consequences.

Micah 7:3

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

Luke 12:32

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom.