14 Bible Verses about Heartlessness
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One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
The LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
But he did not answer her a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.
He would not for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me."
"He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you did not give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
The Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.
Saul said, "You shall tell David, 'The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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Heartlessness » Cain
The LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
But he did not answer her a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
Heartlessness » The spectators at the cross
"He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
Heartlessness » The priest and levite
By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Heartlessness » The unjust judge
He would not for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
Heartlessness » The people who rebuked the blind man
Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me."
Heartlessness » Those who fail to help the poor
and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you did not give them the things the body needs, what good is it?