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1Ch 21:13 — And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I am in		2Ki 6:15; 2Ki 7:4; Est 4:11,16; Jhn 12:27; Phl 1:23
let me fall		David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety was in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from going to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the pestilence. Hbr 10:31
great		or, many. Exd 34:6,7; Psa 5:7; Psa 51:1,2; Psa 69:13,16; Psa 86:5,15; Psa 103:8; Psa 106:7; Psa 130:7; Isa 55:7; Isa 63:7,15; Lam 3:32; Jon 3:9; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18; Hab 3:2
but let me		2Ch 28:9; Pro 12:10; Isa 46:7; Isa 47:6

Correlating Passages

I am in

	2Ki 6:15	And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
	2Ki 7:4	If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
	Est 4:11	All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, [there is] one law of his to put [him] to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
	Est 4:16	Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
	Jhn 12:27	Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
	Phl 1:23	For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

let me fall

Hbr 10:31

[It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

great

	Exd 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
	Exd 34:7	Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
	Psa 5:7	But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
	Psa 51:1	[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.]] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
	Psa 51:2	Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
	Psa 69:13	But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
	Psa 69:16	Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
	Psa 86:5	For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Psa 103:8	The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
	Psa 106:7	Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.
	Psa 130:7	Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	Isa 63:7	I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
	Isa 63:15	Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
	Lam 3:32	But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
	Jon 3:9	Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
	Jon 4:2	And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
	Mic 7:18	Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
	Hab 3:2	O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

but let me

	2Ch 28:9	But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven.
	Pro 12:10	A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
	Isa 46:7	They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
	Isa 47:6	I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Chronicles 21:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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