2 Samuel 24:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Psalm 74:1

O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2 Samuel 24:10

But David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.”

Job 42:6

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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

Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations.

Job 7:20

If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee?

1 Kings 22:17

And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’ ”

Genesis 44:33

Now therefore, let your servant, I pray you, remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go back with his brothers.

Genesis 18:23

Then Abraham drew near, and said, “Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?

2 Samuel 7:8

Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel;

Jonah 1:12

He said to them, “Take me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”

Exodus 10:16

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

Numbers 16:22

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

2 Samuel 12:13

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 thee, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my trangressions to the Lord”; then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Selah

Psalm 78:71

from tending the ewes that had young he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, of Israel his inheritance.