2 Samuel 12:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

“Now a visitor came to the wealthy man, And he could not bring himself to take any animal from his own flock or his own herd, To prepare for the traveler who had come to him; So he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:3

“But the poor man had nothing at all except one little ewe lamb Which he bought and nurtured; And it grew up together with him and his children. It would eat scraps from him and drink from his cup and lie in his lap, And was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:5

Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this certainly deserves to die!

James 1:14

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

Judges 19:17

And he raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the public square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”