2 Samuel 12:14

Man's Freedom

• §1736Article 3 · Man's FreedomRead at vatican.va

  “The prophet Nathan questioned David in the same way after he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and had him murdered.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Sam 12:7-15.

The Tenth Commandment

• §2538Article 10 · The Tenth CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Sam 12:14.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels II.5Book II

  “Consequently Matthew traces the succession downwards from David through Solomon, in connection with whose mother it was that he sinned; while Luke carries the genealogy upwards to the same David through Nathan, by which prophet God took away his sin.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1–14.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Idolatry Chapter 14

  “Else, if of all blasphemy it has been said, “By your means My Name is blasphemed,” we all perish at once; since the whole circus, with no desert of ours, assails “the Name” with wicked suffrages.” — editor's note: Isa. lii. 5; Ezek. xxxvi. 20, 23. Cf. 2 Sam. xii. 14; Rom. ii. 24.

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• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 21

  “So, too, had the prophets (of old) granted to the repentant the pardon of murder, and therewith of adultery, inasmuch as they gave, at the same time, manifest proofs of severity.” — editor's note: Comp. 2 Sam. xii. 1–14, etc.

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• Isaiah 1:14

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• Isaiah 52:5

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• Ezekiel 36:20

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• Ezekiel 36:23

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• Romans 2:24

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• 1 Corinthians 5:10

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• 1 Corinthians 9:22

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• 1 Corinthians 10:32

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• 1 Corinthians 10:33

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• Galatians 1:10

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.

• Genesis 3:13

  Cited together in Catechism §1736.

• Genesis 4:10

  Cited together in Catechism §1736.

• Deuteronomy 16:10

  Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.