2 Samuel 14:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

We must all die, we are like water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; but God will not take away the life of him who devises means not to keep his banished one an outcast.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:25

David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter trouble you, for the sword devours now one and now another; strengthen your attack upon the city, and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”

2 Samuel 14:15

Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid; and your handmaid thought, ‘I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

1 Kings 11:39

And I will for this afflict the descendants of David, but not for ever.’ ”

Job 14:14

If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my release should come.

Job 30:23

Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Job 34:15

all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

Job 34:19

who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast;

Psalm 22:15

my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 58:7

Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.

Psalm 77:8

Has his steadfast love for ever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?

Psalm 79:3

They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

Psalm 90:10

The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Psalm 90:3

Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, “Turn back, O children of men!”

Exodus 21:13

But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward; but the memory of them is lost.

Lamentations 3:31

For the Lord will not cast off for ever,

Ezekiel 18:23

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?

Leviticus 26:40

“But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery which they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,

Numbers 35:15

These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that any one who kills any person without intent may flee there.

Numbers 35:25

and the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:28

For the man must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodi-ans, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.

Acts 10:34

And Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality,

Romans 2:11

For God shows no partiality.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment,

1 Peter 1:17

And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.