2 Samuel 12:14

WEB

¹⁴However, 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.”

KJV

¹⁴Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

BSB

¹⁴Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD,^[+] the son born to you will surely die.”

FBV

¹⁴“But because by doing this you have treated the Lord with complete contempt, the son you have will die.”

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Extra References

Romans 2:24

²⁴For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,”just as it is written.

Isaiah 52:5

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.

Psalms 89:31-33

³¹if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments; ³²then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. ³³But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

Hebrews 12:6

⁶for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Revelation 3:19

¹⁹As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Proverbs 3:11-12

¹¹My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction; ¹²for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Psalms 94:12

¹²Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD,^[+] and teach out of your law,

Matthew 18:7

⁷“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

Amos 3:2

²“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”

Nehemiah 5:9

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?