2 Samuel 12:1-9

1Then the Lord sent 1Nathan to David. And 2he came to him and 3said, “There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.2The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.3But the poor man had nothing except 4one little ewe lamb Which he bought and nourished; And it grew up together with him and his children. It would eat of his 5bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom, And was like a daughter to him.4Now a traveler came to the rich man, And he 6was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd, To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him; Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.” 5Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, surely the man who has done this 78deserves to die. 6He must make restitution for the lamb 9fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”

7Nathan then said to David, “10You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘11It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8I also gave you 12your master’s house and your master’s wives into your 13care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these! 9Why 14have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? 15You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, 16have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.