2 Samuel 12:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was loath to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared that for the guest who had come to him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:3

but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his meager fare and drink from his cup and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:5

Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man. He said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die;

James 1:14

But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it;

Judges 19:17

When the old man looked up and saw the wayfarer in the open square of the city, he said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”