2 Samuel 11:13

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

Cross-references

In 2 Samuel 11:9, Uriah had already refused to go home — his loyalty persists even drunk, thwarting David's plan.

2 Samuel 12:12 Related theme

2 Samuel 12:12 declares God's judgment that David's secret sins, including this drunken ploy, will be exposed publicly.

In 2 Samuel 13:28, Absalom uses wine to make Amnon careless before murder — mirroring David's tactic of getting Uriah drunk before death.

Habakkuk 2:15 pronounces woe on those who make neighbors drunk to exploit them — exactly what David does to Uriah.

Proverbs 20:1 Related theme

Proverbs 20:1 warns that wine leads to folly — David uses it here to try to manipulate Uriah, illustrating the warning.