2 Samuel 11:2

New International Reader's Version

One evening David got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful.

Cross References

Genesis 12:11

As he was about to enter Egypt, he spoke to his wife Sarai. He said, “I know what a beautiful woman you are.

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree’s fruit was good to eat and pleasing to look at. She also saw that it would make a person wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it.

Genesis 34:2

Hamor, the Hivite, was the ruler of that area. When his son Shechem saw Dinah, he took her and raped her.

Genesis 39:6

So Joseph took good care of everything Potiphar owned. With Joseph in charge, Potiphar didn’t have to worry about anything except the food he ate. Joseph was strong and handsome.

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God saw that the daughters of human beings were beautiful. So they married any of them they chose.

2 Samuel 13:1

Some time later, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar. She was the beautiful sister of Absalom. He was another one of David’s sons.

2 Samuel 14:27

Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar. She became a beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 4:5

Rekab and Baanah started out for the house of Ish-Bosheth. They were the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth. They arrived there during the hottest time of the day. Ish-Bosheth was taking his early afternoon nap.

2 Samuel 4:7

They had gone into the house while Ish-Bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom. They stabbed him and killed him. Then they cut off his head and took it with them. They traveled all night through the Arabah Valley.

Job 31:1

“I made an agreement with my eyes. I promised not to look at a young woman with impure thoughts.

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes away from things that are worthless. Keep me alive as you have promised.

Proverbs 19:15

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

Proverbs 31:30

Charm can fool you. Beauty fades. But a woman who has respect for the Lord should be praised.

Proverbs 6:25

Don’t hunger in your heart after her beauty. Don’t let her eyes capture you.

Proverbs 7:8

He went down the street near that sinful woman’s corner. He walked toward her house.

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses in Jerusalem will be made ‘unclean’ like Topheth. So will the houses of the kings of Judah. All these people burned incense on their roofs to all the stars. They poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight. What is whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops.

Matthew 24:17

No one on the housetop should go down into the house to take anything out.

Matthew 5:28

But here is what I tell you. Do not even look at a woman in the wrong way. Anyone who does has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Acts 10:9

It was about noon the next day. The men were on their journey and were approaching the city. Peter went up on the roof to pray.

Deuteronomy 22:8

If you build a new house, put a low wall around the edge of your roof. Then you won’t be responsible if someone falls off your roof and dies.

Deuteronomy 5:21

“Do not want to have your neighbor’s wife. Do not desire anything your neighbor owns. Do not desire to have your neighbor’s house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey.”

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. So be watchful and control yourselves. Then you may pray.

1 John 2:16

Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful desires want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They take pride in what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. None of it comes from the Father.

1 Samuel 9:25

They came down from the high place to the town. After that, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof of Samuel’s house.