mSee 1 Sam. 9:9
2 Samuel 12:7-15
7Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, a‘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 bWhy have you despised the word of the Lord, cto do what is evil in his sight? dYou have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and ehave 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, fbut I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’” 13 gDavid said to Nathan, h“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, i“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly jscorned 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.2 Kings 5:25-26
25He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.” 26But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants?2 Chronicles 16:7-10
7At that time lHanani mthe seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, n“Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. 8Were not othe Ethiopians and pthe Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet qbecause you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand. 9 rFor the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those swhose heart is blameless ▼▼Or whole
toward him. uYou have done foolishly in this, for from now on vyou will have wars.” 10Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him win the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time. 2 Chronicles 25:7-9
7But xa man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel, with all these Ephraimites. 8But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? yFor God has power to help or to cast down.” 9And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.”2 Chronicles 25:15-16
15Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people zwho did not deliver their own people from your hand?” 16But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that aaGod has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”Psalms 141:5
5 abLet a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet acmy prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
Proverbs 25:12
12Like ada gold ring or an ornament of goldis a wise reprover to aea listening ear.
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