2 Samuel 12:14
only, because you have caused the enemies of YHWH to greatly despise by this thing, also—the son who is born to you surely dies.”
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Nehemiah 5:9And I say, “The thing that you are doing [is] not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Psalms 89:31If they defile My statutes, || And do not keep My commands,
Psalms 99:8O YHWH, our God, || You have afflicted them, || You have been a forgiving God to them, || And taking vengeance on their actions.
Isaiah 52:5And now, what [have] I here,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “That My people are taken for nothing? Its rulers cause howling,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And My Name is continually despised all the day.
Amos 3:2“Only you have I known of all families of the earth, || Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.”
Romans 2:24For evil is spoken of the Name of God among the nations because of you, according as it has been written.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:2-15
Nathan's Parable; David's Repentance. ( b. c. 1036.) 1 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →