Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy


Thematic Bible




Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not? Verse ConceptsSympathyAdaptabilityWeakness

And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone


He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened. Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel? Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds

Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightFountainsEyes, Figurative UseBeing Earnest For IsraelNightSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfTearsMetaphorical SpringsMourning DeathFountains Used Figuratively



For him that is fainting kindness is meet from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAfflicted, Duty To ThemNo Fear Of GodDespairdevotion


that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another. And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with it.


Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship. Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion, Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeOutsidersTravelPeople Showing Mercy


I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility

And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call mine iniquity to remembrance, and to slay my son? And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.


But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom: I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.

And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;


And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives. Verse ConceptsReceiving God's Mercypity

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom: Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity; Verse ConceptsGentlenessGrace, And Christian LifeWeakness, PhysicalThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleIgnorance of GodWeaknessExerciseMaking Mistakesignoranceempathy

And she opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBabiesThe Act Of OpeningOpening ContainersOthers MourningPeople Showing Mercyempathy

and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBurials, FeaturesVisitingComfort, Of Friends


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. Verse ConceptsBad FriendsGood FriendsLove, For One AnotherSympathyVisitingComfort, Of FriendsCondolenceVisiting Of The SickVisitationThree MenMeeting PeopleBest FriendsLosing A FriendLosing FriendsTrue Friends