II Samuel 12
Rebuke: David is confronted 12:1-15a Remorse: David sorrowfully prays 12:15b-23 Restart: David's efforts are blessed 12:24-31
YOU ARE THE MAN!
*Absalom murders Amnon,13 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house. *Child dies, 12:19 *Absalom murders Amnon,13 *Joab kill Absalom,18 *Solomon executes Adonijah, I Kgs. 2 *Later deaths in dynasty, 2 Kgs.
Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed. Prov. 27:5 He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue. 28:23 Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances. Like an earing of gold and an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear. 25:11,12
He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise . . . He who listens to reproof aquires understanding. Prov. 15:31 He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. Prov. 15:31