2 Samuel 14:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² The woman continued further; “Please permit your servant to speak a further word to my lord the king.” He replied: “Speak.” ¹³ She said: “In pronouncing this verdict, has not the king condemned himself by devising something like this against the people of God, since you have refused to bring back your banished son? ¹⁴ We all must die. We are like water that is spilled on the ground and cannot be gathered up again. However, God does not take away a life. Rather, he devises ways that will enable us to avoid being estranged forever from him.