2 Samuel 12:14
However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the LORD’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”
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Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
Psalms 89:31if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;
Psalms 99:8You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
Isaiah 52:5“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the LORD, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Amos 3:2“I have chosen only you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
Romans 2:24For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is 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 →