2 Samuel 14:14

New International Reader's Version

All of us must die. We are like water spilled on the ground. It can’t be put back into the jar. But that is not what God desires. Instead, he finds a way to bring back anyone who was driven away from him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

David told the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t get upset over what happened. Swords kill one person as well as another. So keep on attacking the city. Destroy it.’ Tell that to Joab. It will cheer him up.”

2 Samuel 14:15

“King David, I’ve come here to say this to you now. I’ve done it because people have made me afraid. I thought, ‘I’ll go and speak to the king. Perhaps he’ll do what I’m asking.

1 Kings 11:39

I will punish David’s family because of what Solomon has done. But I will not punish them forever.’ ”

Job 14:14

If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard work I will wait for the time when you give me new life.

Job 30:23

I know that you will bring me down to death. That’s what you have appointed for everyone.

Job 34:15

Then everyone would die together. They would return to the dust.

Job 34:19

He doesn’t favor princes. He treats rich people and poor people the same. His hands created all of them.

Psalm 22:14

My strength is like water that is poured out on the ground. I feel as if my bones aren’t connected. My heart has turned to wax. It has melted away inside me.

Psalm 22:15

My mouth is dried up like a piece of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You bring me down to the edge of the grave.

Psalm 58:7

Let those people disappear like water that flows away. When they draw their bows, let their arrows fall short of the target.

Psalm 77:8

Has his faithful love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

Psalm 79:3

They have poured out the blood of your people like water. It is all around Jerusalem. No one is left to bury the dead.

Psalm 90:10

We live to be about 70. Or we may live to be 80, if we stay healthy. But even our best days are filled with trouble and sorrow. The years quickly pass, and we are gone.

Psalm 90:3

You turn human beings back to dust. You say to them, “Return to dust.”

Exodus 21:13

Suppose they did not do it on purpose. Suppose I let it happen. Then they can escape to a place I will choose.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

People who are still alive know they’ll die. But those who have died don’t know anything. They don’t receive any more rewards. And even their name is forgotten.

Lamentations 3:31

The Lord doesn’t turn his back on people forever.

Ezekiel 18:23

When sinful people die, it does not give me any joy,” announces the Lord and King. “But when they turn away from their sins and live, that makes me very happy.

Leviticus 26:40

“ ‘But suppose you admit that both you and your people who lived before you have sinned. You admit the evil and dishonest things you have done against me. And you admit you have become my enemy.

Numbers 35:15

Those six towns will be places where the Israelites can go for safety. Outsiders living in Israel can also go to them for safety. So anyone who has killed another person by accident can run there.

Numbers 35:25

The court must provide a safe place for the person accused of murder. It must keep the one accused of murder safe from those who want to kill them. The court must send the accused person back to the city they ran to for safety. The accused person must stay there until the high priest dies. That priest has been anointed with holy oil.

Numbers 35:28

The accused person must stay in that city until the high priest dies. Only then may they return home.

Matthew 22:16

They sent their followers to him. They sent the Herodians with them. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of honor. You teach the way of God truthfully. You don’t let others tell you what to do or say. You don’t care how important they are.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter began to speak. “I now realize how true it is that God treats everyone the same,” he said.

Romans 2:11

God treats everyone the same.

Deuteronomy 10:17

The Lord your God is the greatest God of all. He is the greatest Lord of all. He is the great God. He is mighty and wonderful. He treats everyone the same. He doesn’t accept any money from those who want special favors.

Hebrews 9:27

People have to die once. After that, God will judge them.

1 Peter 1:17

You call on a Father who judges each person’s work without favoring one over another. So live as outsiders during your time here. Live with the highest respect for God.