2 Samuel 24:17

New King James Version

Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”

Cross References

Psalm 74:1

O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

2 Samuel 24:10

And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

Job 42:6

Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,” Says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Isaiah 6:5

So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts.”

Psalm 44:11

You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

Job 7:20

Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?

1 Kings 22:17

Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ ”

Genesis 44:33

Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

2 Samuel 7:8

Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

Jonah 1:12

And he said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me.”

Exodus 10:16

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

Numbers 16:22

Then they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”

2 Samuel 12:13

So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Psalm 78:71

From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.