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רַע (ra) means “bad: harmful” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רַע Hebrew · H7451 661 tagged occurrences in 620 verses

Pronunciation guide: rah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7451A

רַע · ra · bad: harmful

: harmful adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions

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TBESH · H7451B

רַע · ra · bad: evil

1) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 1a) evil, distress, adversity 1b) evil, injury, wrong 1c) evil (ethical)

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TBESH · H7451C

רָעָה · ra.ah · distress: harm

: harm 1) evil, misery, distress, injury 1a) evil, misery, distress 1b) evil, injury, wrong 1c) evil (ethical)

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TBESH · H7451H

רַע · ra · bad: evil

: evil adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions

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TBESH · H7451I

רָעָה · ra.ah · distress: evil

: harm 1) evil, misery, distress, injury 1a) evil, misery, distress 1b) evil, injury, wrong 1c) evil (ethical)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H7489 (רָעַע); bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

KJV glosses: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

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How translators render H7451

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
evil	142
disaster	42
the evil	26
harm	19
from evil	15
bad	14
the disaster	14
calamity	9
of evil	9
the calamity	9
and evil	7
of disaster	7
of distress	7
of trouble	7
wicked	7
the wickedness	6
a bad	5
the wicked	5
wrong	5
an evil	4
from your evil	4
of his evil	4
their wickedness	4
trouble	4
with evil	4
a disaster	3
adversity	3
for harm	3
into trouble	3
of the wicked	3
to evil	3
to harm you	3
wickedness	3
your wickedness	3
a miserable	2
affliction	2
and	2
danger	2
disasters	2
evils	2
for evil	2
from harm	2
from his wicked	2
from their evil	2
from your wicked	2
greater evil	2
is evil	2
its wickedness	2
my harm	2
of adversity	2
of calamity	2
of evil men	2
sad	2
sending disaster	2
serious	2
sickly	2
that the wicked	2
the adversity	2
the trouble	2
their evil	2
to bring disaster	2
to harm me	2
troubles	2
ugly	2
wild	2
with malice	2
worthless	2
your evil	2
your wicked	2
a heavy	1
a stingy	1
a terrible fate	1
a vicious	1
a wicked	1
about their hardship	1
according to his evil	1
all the evil	1
an evil man	1
and a wicked	1
and an offense	1
and devastating	1
and disaster	1
and evildoer	1
and hard	1
and his affliction	1
and misfortunes	1
and terrible	1
and what is not	1
and wickedness	1
and wild	1
another evil	1
any harm	1
are bad	1
are destructive	1
are evil	1
are intent on evil	1
are the afflictions	1
as well as the crimes	1
at evil	1
because of our evil	1
because of the evil	1
because of the wickedness	1
both adversity	1
bring evil	1
but disaster	1
but evil	1
but like the bad	1
but the bad figs	1
but to your own harm	1
by his own sin	1
by unjust	1
calamity is	1
cruelty	1
demise	1
devise	1
dire	1
disapproved of	1
disaster is upon them	1
disaster was	1
discomfort	1
fault	1
for a crime	1
for bad	1
for disaster	1
for its evil	1
for the wicked	1
for their wickedness	1
from his evil	1
from its evil	1
from the deadly	1
from the evil	1
from their wicked	1
from their wickedness	1
great harm	1
had evil	1
harmful	1
has kept the calamity	1
he has evil	1
her evil	1
his evil	1
his wickedness	1
i send wild	1
in a bad	1
in a cruel	1
in a failed	1
in an evil	1
in bad times	1
in his wickedness	1
in my distress	1
in severe	1
in sorrow	1
in their anguish	1
in wrongdoing	1
in your wickedness	1
is an evil	1
is bad	1
is harsh	1
is your punishment	1
it	1
it is unpleasing	1
may calamity	1
may no evil	1
misery	1
my evil	1
my own wretchedness	1
of a stingy man	1
of animosity	1
of dangerous	1
of destroying	1
of evildoers	1
of harm	1
of my trouble	1
of the terrible	1
of their evil	1
of their own evil	1
of this evil	1
of troubles	1
on evil	1
on wickedness	1
or bad	1
or low	1
pain	1
poor	1
ruin	1
she is displeasing	1
so downcast	1
such calamity	1
such disaster	1
that a vicious	1
that were sickly	1
the bad	1
the calamity he has threatened	1
the crimes	1
the deeds of the wicked	1
the evil man	1
the evil that	1
the evils	1
the misery	1
the most immoral of women	1
the most wicked	1
the wickedness that	1
the worst	1
their affliction	1
their own evil	1
their ruin	1
their wicked	1
they were in trouble	1
this evil	1
those who do evil	1
to any evil	1
to bring calamity	1
to harm him	1
to harm them	1
to his own detriment	1
to ruin	1
to the evil	1
to the harm	1
to their evil	1
to your own harm	1
tragedy	1
unpleasant	1
was as ugly	1
was grievous	1
was wicked	1
were wicked	1
what is evil	1
what was evil	1
while malice	1
wicked man	1
wicked thing	1
will surely suffer	1
with evil intent	1
with painful	1
with terrible	1
with the deadly	1
with their evil	1
with trouble	1
wretched	1
you are wicked	1
you have come to ruin	1
you wrong	1
your great	1
your other wickedness	1
your own evil	1
your ruin	1
your troubles	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
evil	167
the evil	25
an evil	19
from evil	14
and evil	11
of evil	11
all the evil	8
from his evil	7
my hurt	6
of the wicked	6
this evil	6
wickedness	6
and the evil	5
for evil	5
him of the evil	5
mischief	5
not evil	5
of the evil	5
or bad	5
and the wickedness	4
evils	4
hurt	4
into mischief	4
me evil	4
no evil	4
the wickedness	4
to evil	4
all their wickedness	3
all this evil	3
and sore	3
ill	3
in an evil	3
naught	3
of their evil	3
of this evil	3
of trouble	3
that evil	3
the wicked	3
wicked	3
affliction	2
against you for evil	2
and bad	2
and not evil	2
bad	2
concerning me but evil	2
for the wickedness	2
from their evil	2
grievous	2
his wickedness	2
in his wickedness	2
me of the evil	2
mischiefs	2
of adversity	2
of his evil	2
of their trouble	2
sad	2
thee evil	2
their wickedness	2
there shall no evil	2
thy wickedness	2
wickedly	2
ye from your evil	2
a sore	1
a wicked	1
according to his wickedness	1
against all mine evil	1
against an evil	1
against evil	1
against it for their wickedness	1
against me for evil	1
all evil	1
all the wicked	1
all the wickedness	1
all their evil	1
all this wickedness	1
all thy wickedness	1
and a wicked	1
and all the evil	1
and an evil	1
and as the evil	1
and for all whose wickedness	1
and his affliction	1
and ill favoured	1
and it shall come to pass when the evil	1
and not of evil	1
and of evil	1
and the ill	1
and the ill favoured	1
and the noisome	1
and there was no harm	1
and will cause the evil	1
and with thy wickedness	1
and your own wickedness	1
any evil	1
any evilfavouredness	1
any ill	1
are not these evils	1
at mine hurt	1
away evil	1
because it went evil	1
because of all the evil	1
because of trouble	1
before thy wickedness	1
behold evil	1
behold this evil	1
beside the mischief	1
but evil	1
but if wickedness	1
but mischief	1
but the hurt	1
by evil	1
concerning the evil	1
even for all the evil	1
evil things	1
exceedingly	1
for a bad	1
for all the evil	1
for all the evils	1
for all thy wickedness	1
for all your evils	1
for an evil	1
for mischief	1
for the evils	1
for the wicked	1
for their wickedness	1
for wickedness	1
forward the affliction	1
from every evil	1
from his wickedness	1
from the evil	1
from the hurtful	1
from thee when thou doest evil	1
from their wicked	1
from their wickedness	1
from wickedness	1
have taken evil	1
her wickedness	1
him from his grief	1
him no harm	1
him over all the evil	1
him unto evil	1
his harm	1
i cause noisome	1
if she please	1
ill favoured	1
in adversity	1
in all evil	1
in evil	1
in the evil	1
in their calamities	1
in their own wickedness	1
in thy mischief	1
in thy wickedness	1
is evil	1
it displeased	1
lest some evil	1
let all their wickedness	1
me from all evil	1
me mischief	1
me wrong	1
mischievous	1
more evil	1
my wretchedness	1
myself when evil	1
naughty	1
neither evil	1
neither shall evil	1
none of the evil	1
nor bad	1
nor evil	1
not	1
not from his evil	1
not he neither shall evil	1
not in an evil	1
not that evil	1
not thy wickedness	1
not what evil	1
of all the evil	1
of all this evil	1
of an evil	1
of evil men	1
of my trouble	1
of sore	1
of their wickedness	1
of thy trouble	1
of troubles	1
of your evil	1
of your great	1
oh let the wickedness	1
on mischief	1
on their affliction	1
or a bad	1
or what evil	1
out evil things	1
over another to his own hurt	1
over thee for upon whom hath not thy wickedness	1
over them for evil	1
sadly	1
sake not according to your wicked	1
shall evil	1
shall smart	1
shall there be evil	1
some evil	1
sore	1
such evil	1
such wickedness	1
that his wicked	1
that the evil	1
that the wicked	1
that the wickedness	1
that there was evil	1
that they may do evil	1
that thou displease	1
that wicked	1
that your wickedness	1
the afflictions	1
the distress	1
the mischief	1
the wicked ones	1
the worst	1
thee from all evil	1
thee from every wicked	1
thee from the evil	1
thee no harm	1
thee of the evil	1
their evil	1
their hurt	1
them a displeasure	1
them exceedingly	1
them from their evil	1
then evil	1
therefore shall evil	1
therefore the misery	1
therefore this evil	1
therefore thou hast caused all this evil	1
thereof to their hurt	1
these evil	1
they from their wicked	1
thine own wickedness	1
this sore	1
this wicked	1
this wickedness	1
thou thyself in mischief	1
though wickedness	1
thy hurt	1
to an heavy	1
to do mischief	1
to mischief	1
to the evil	1
to your hurt	1
to your own hurt	1
unto all this evil	1
unto him behold now an evil	1
unto me but evil	1
unto me for harm	1
unto me for their trouble	1
unto thee bad	1
unto thee evil	1
unto thee than all the evil	1
unto them what evil	1
upon the evil	1
upon them all this evil	1
upon them for evil	1
upon them the evil	1
upon us for our evil	1
upon you all evil	1
us all the evil	1
us in unto this evil	1
us no hurt	1
us none evil	1
us we pray thee for whose cause this evil	1
vex	1
was against them for evil	1
was evil	1
was wicked	1
what wickedness	1
while the evil	1
with a sore	1
with evil	1
with mischief	1
with sore	1
with sorrow	1
with their wickedness	1
worse	1
ye now from your evil	1
you and evil	1
you hurt	1
you out of all your adversities	1
your evil	1
your own evil	1

Verses containing H7451

Page 3 of 13. 620 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Judges 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
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Judges 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
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Judges 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
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Judges 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
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Judges 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
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Judges 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
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Judges 20:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
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Judges 20:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
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1 Samuel 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
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1 Samuel 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
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1 Samuel 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
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1 Samuel 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
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1 Samuel 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
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1 Samuel 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
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1 Samuel 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
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1 Samuel 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
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1 Samuel 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
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1 Samuel 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
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1 Samuel 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
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1 Samuel 18:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
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1 Samuel 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
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1 Samuel 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
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1 Samuel 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
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1 Samuel 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
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1 Samuel 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
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1 Samuel 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
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Source alternate reference: 24.10
1 Samuel 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
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Source alternate reference: 24.12
1 Samuel 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
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Source alternate reference: 24.18
1 Samuel 25:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
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1 Samuel 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
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1 Samuel 25:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
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1 Samuel 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
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1 Samuel 25:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
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1 Samuel 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
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1 Samuel 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
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1 Samuel 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
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1 Samuel 30:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
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2 Samuel 3:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
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2 Samuel 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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2 Samuel 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
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2 Samuel 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
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2 Samuel 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
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2 Samuel 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
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2 Samuel 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
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2 Samuel 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
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2 Samuel 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
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2 Samuel 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
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2 Samuel 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
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Source alternate reference: 19.8

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