2 Samuel 24:14

Modern English Version

David said to Gad, “I am very distressed. Let us fall by the hand of the Lord, for His mercy is great. May I not fall by the hand of man.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:8

He bowed low and said, “What is your servant that you should be concerned for a dead dog like me?”

2 Kings 6:15

When a servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots surrounded the city. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What will we do?”

1 Chronicles 21:13

David replied to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

Psalm 119:156

Great are Your tender mercies, O  Lord; give me life according to Your judgments.

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.

Psalm 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 86:15

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in mercy to all who call on You.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man tends to the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people; I have polluted My inheritance and given them into your hand. You did not show them mercy; on the aged you have laid your yoke very heavily.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will deliver you in that day, says the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.

Lamentations 3:22

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed; His compassions do not fail.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O  Lord! Is this not what I said while I was still in my own land? This is the reason that I fled before to Tarshish, because I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in faithfulness, and ready to relent from punishment.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

Micah 7:19

He will again have compassion upon us. He will tread down our iniquities, and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.

Zechariah 1:15

And I have a great anger for those nations who are at ease, for while I was angry but a little, they helped to increase evil.

John 12:27

“Now My soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? Instead, for this reason I came to this hour.

Philippians 1:23

I am in a difficult position between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better.

1 Samuel 13:6

When Israel’s fighting men saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in hollows, among rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.