Ephesians 5:29
No man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the congregation.
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man does himself good. The cruel man troubles his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5
They say that we would be fools to fold our hands and let ourselves starve to death.
Isaiah 40:11
He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.
Ezekiel 34:14-15
I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:27
Then the trees in the field will produce fruit, the land will yield crops, and my sheep will live safely in their land. Then they will know that I am Jehovah, because I will break off the bars on their yokes and rescue them from the people who made them slaves.
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the messengers who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But you were not willing!
John 6:50-58
This is the bread that comes down out of heaven that a man may eat of it and not die.
Romans 1:31
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, and unmerciful.
Ephesians 5:31
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and will stick (adhere) (cleave) (be joined) to his wife. The two will become one flesh.