2 Samuel 24:17

New English Translation

When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

Genesis 44:33

“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die.

2 Samuel 24:10

David felt guilty after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

2 Samuel 7:8

“So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

1 Kings 22:17

Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

Job 7:20

If I have sinned – what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

Psalm 32:5

Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, “I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord.” And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)

Psalm 44:11

You handed us over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 74:1

Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 78:71

He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.

Exodus 10:16

Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you!

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.”

Jonah 1:12

He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.

Numbers 16:22

Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”