2 Samuel 14:14

Good News Translation

We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can't be gathered again. Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the king can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

David said to the messenger, “Encourage Joab and tell him not to be upset, since you never can tell who will die in battle. Tell him to launch a stronger attack on the city and capture it.”

2 Samuel 14:15

Now, Your Majesty, the reason I have come to speak to you is that the people threatened me, and so I said to myself that I would speak to you in the hope that you would do what I ask.

1 Kings 11:39

Because of Solomon's sin I will punish the descendants of David, but not for all time.’”

Job 14:14

If a man dies, can he come back to life? But I will wait for better times, wait till this time of trouble is ended.

Job 30:23

I know you are taking me off to my death, to the fate in store for everyone.

Job 34:15

then everyone living would die and turn into dust again.

Job 34:19

He does not take the side of rulers nor favor the rich over the poor, for he created everyone.

Psalm 22:14

My strength is gone, gone like water spilled on the ground. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.

Psalm 22:15

My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust.

Psalm 58:7

May they disappear like water draining away; may they be crushed like weeds on a path.

Psalm 77:8

Has he stopped loving us? Does his promise no longer stand?

Psalm 79:3

They shed your people's blood like water; blood flowed like water all through Jerusalem, and no one was left to bury the dead.

Psalm 90:10

Seventy years is all we have— eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.

Psalm 90:3

You tell us to return to what we were; you change us back to dust.

Exodus 21:13

But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

Yes, the living know they are going to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are completely forgotten.

Lamentations 3:31

The Lord is merciful and will not reject us forever.

Ezekiel 18:23

Do you think I enjoy seeing evil people die?” asks the Sovereign Lord. “No, I would rather see them repent and live.

Leviticus 26:40

“But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me,

Numbers 35:15

These will serve as cities of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners who are temporary or permanent residents. Anyone who kills someone accidentally can escape to one of them.

Numbers 35:25

You are guilty only of manslaughter, and the community is to rescue you from the dead person's relative, and they are to return you to the city of refuge to which you had escaped. You must live there until the death of the man who is then High Priest.

Numbers 35:28

Any of you guilty of manslaughter must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the High Priest, but after that you may return home.

Matthew 22:16

Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some members of Herod's party. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay no attention to anyone's status.

Acts 10:34

Peter began to speak: “I now realize that it is true that God treats everyone on the same basis.

Romans 2:11

For God judges everyone by the same standard.

Deuteronomy 10:17

The Lord your God is supreme over all gods and over all powers. He is great and mighty, and he is to be obeyed. He does not show partiality, and he does not accept bribes.

Hebrews 9:27

Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God.

1 Peter 1:17

You call him Father, when you pray to God, who judges all people by the same standard, according to what each one has done; so then, spend the rest of your lives here on earth in reverence for him.