2 Samuel 11:8
David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
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Genesis 18:4Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 43:24The man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Psalms 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Luke 7:44Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
Hebrews 4:13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 11:7-14
David's Contrivance to Hide His Crime; David's Contrivance Defeated. ( b. c. 1037.) 6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with… Read the whole commentary →