Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Cruelty » General references to
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the merciful
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Verse Concepts
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Mercy » Beneficial to those who exercise
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.