2 Samuel 12:1-15
Nathan Rebukes David
1And the Lord sent aNathan to David. He came to him and said to him, b“There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, ▼▼Hebrew bosom; also verse 8
and it was like a daughter to him. 4Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.” 5Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, d“As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die, 6and he shall restore the lamb efourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.” 7Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, f‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. 9 gWhy have you despised the word of the Lord, hto do what is evil in his sight? iYou have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and jhave taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12For you did it secretly, kbut I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’” 13 lDavid said to Nathan, m“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, n“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly oscorned the Lord, ▼ the child who is born to you shall die.” 15Then Nathan went to his house.
David’s Child Dies
And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became sick.Job 4:3-4
3Behold, you have instructed many,and you have qstrengthened the weak hands.
4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have rmade firm the feeble knees.
Isaiah 35:3-4
3 sStrengthen the weak hands,and make firm the feeble knees.
4Say to those who have an anxious heart,
“Be strong; fear not!
tBehold, your God
will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
He will come and save you.”
Ezekiel 34:16
16 uI will seek the lost, vand I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and wthe fat and the strong I will destroy. ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate I will watch over
I will feed them in justice. Matthew 9:13
13Go and learn ywhat this means: z‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For aaI came not to call the righteous, abbut sinners.”Matthew 18:12-15
12 acWhat do you think? adIf a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14So aeit is not the will of my ▼▼Some manuscripts your
Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. If Your Brother Sins Against You
15 ag“If your brother sins against you, ahgo and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have aigained your brother.
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