Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The weak
Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
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Compassion and sympathy » Promise to those who show
Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The compassion of God
He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through all of it.”
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear
my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear
Compassion and sympathy » Exhortation to
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
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Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The afflicted
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Saints
so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other. So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Compassion and sympathy » Inseparable from love to God
If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need—how can God’s love reside in him?
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Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, yet you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”
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Compassion and sympathy » Illustrated
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Paul
To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Shobi
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought beds, basins, and pottery items. [They also brought] wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and the people with him to eat. They had reasoned, "The people must be hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the desert."
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Elijah
She said to Elijah, "Man of God, what do we have in common? Have you come to remind me of my guilt and to kill my son?" But Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The poor
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » David
Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine. I went about [grieving] as if for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning a mother.
Compassion and sympathy » Christ set an example of
As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it, saying, "If you knew this day what [would bring] peace-but now it is hidden from your eyes.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Nehemiah
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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Compassion and sympathy » The wicked made to feel, for saints
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Enemies
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.
Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The sense of our infirmities
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Pharaoh's daughter
When she opened it, she saw the child—a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew boys.”
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Jews
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job's friends
Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
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