Cross references

2 Samuel 12:16

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

2 Samuel 12:16 BSB
  1. a DSS and LXX; MT does not include in sackcloth.

2 Samuel 12:16 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 13:31 (7 votes) and 2 Samuel 12:22 (4 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Deuteronomy 9 to 2 Corinthians 12.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 12:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

  2. David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

  3. When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

  4. “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

  5. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

  6. I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

  7. On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

  8. Jonah 3:94 votes

    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

  9. Acts 9:94 votes

    For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

  10. Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, …

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 12:16?

The 10 strongest of 16.