Thematic Bible: Social duties to regard all men as brothers
Thematic Bible
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,
Verse Concepts
Forgiveness, Application Ofevil, believers' responses toGrace, In Human RelationshipsMaliceOpposition, To Sin And EvilPersecution, Attitudes ToPrayer, For OthersReconciliation, Between BelieversSuffering SaintsIntercessory PrayerPersecution, Christian ResponseDuties To EnemiesDifferent TeachingsLove Your Neighbour!Praying For Sinners
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward thee.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
If indeed ye keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
Thou shalt not avenge thyself, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am Jehovah.
And a second like it is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.
Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore is the whole law.
But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
And Elisha fell sick of his sickness in which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
And king Joram returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab at Jizreel, for he was sick.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Demands self-sacrifice
Wherefore if meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Forbids harsh judgment
Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A blood relationship
and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A spiritual kinship
And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren:
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