2 Samuel 24:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:8

And he did obeisance, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon a dead dog such as I?”

2 Kings 6:15

When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”

1 Chronicles 21:13

Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

Psalm 119:156

Great is thy mercy, O Lord; give me life according to thy justice.

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Psalm 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand, you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will deliver you on that day, says the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him,

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to the Lord and said, “I pray thee, Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.

Micah 7:19

He will again have compassion upon us, he will tread our iniquities under foot. Thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little they furthered the disaster.

John 12:27

“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour.

Philippians 1:23

I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the men of Israel saw that they were in straits (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,