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2Sa 12:3 — But the poor [man] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

one little		2Sa 11:3; Pro 5:18,19
meat		Heb. morsel
lay in his		Deu 13:6; Mic 7:5

Correlating Passages

one little

	2Sa 11:3	And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
	Pro 5:18	Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
	Pro 5:19	[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

lay in his

	Deu 13:6	If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
	Mic 7:5	Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 12:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/12/3.html>.

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