2 Samuel 24:17

New American Bible - revised edition

When David saw the angel who was striking the people, he said to the Lord: “It is I who have sinned; it is I, the shepherd, who have done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Strike me and my father’s family!” David Offers Sacrifices.

Cross References

Psalm 74:1

A maskil of Asaph. Why, God, have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

2 Samuel 24:10

Afterward, however, David regretted having numbered the people. David said to the Lord: “I have sinned grievously in what I have done. Take away, Lord, your servant’s guilt, for I have acted very foolishly.”

Job 42:6

Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes. Job’s Restoration.

Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the one who is my associate —oracle of the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Psalm 44:11

You make us retreat before the foe; those who hate us plunder us at will.

Job 7:20

If I sin, what do I do to you, O watcher of mortals? Why have you made me your target? Why should I be a burden for you?

1 Kings 22:17

So Micaiah said: “I see all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd, And the Lord saying, These have no master! Let each of them go back home in peace.”

Genesis 44:33

So now let me, your servant, remain in place of the boy as the slave of my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers.

Genesis 18:23

Then Abraham drew near and said: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

2 Samuel 7:8

Now then, speak thus to my servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to become ruler over my people Israel.

Jonah 1:12

Jonah responded, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea and then the sea will calm down for you. For I know that this great storm has come upon you because of me.”

Exodus 10:16

Pharaoh hurriedly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord, your God, and against you.

Numbers 16:22

But they fell prostrate and exclaimed, “O God, God of the spirits of all living creatures, if one man sins will you be angry with the whole community?”

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan answered David: “For his part, the Lord has removed your sin. You shall not die,

Psalm 32:5

Then I declared my sin to you; my guilt I did not hide. I said, “I confess my transgression to the Lord,” and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah

Psalm 78:71

From tending ewes God brought him, to shepherd Jacob, his people, Israel, his heritage.