Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy


Thematic Bible




Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? Verse ConceptsSympathyAdaptabilityWeakness

And whoever gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—I assure you: He will never lose his reward!” Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone


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.” Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

The landowner’s slaves came to him and said, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’ Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds

Therefore I said,
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear people.”
Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort




A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAfflicted, Duty To ThemNo Fear Of GodDespairdevotion


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.


Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, yet you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.” Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeOutsidersTravelPeople Showing Mercy


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. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility

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."

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.


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.

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.


He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.
Verse ConceptsReceiving God's Mercypity

Yet when they were sick,
my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting,
and my prayer was genuine.
Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness. Verse ConceptsGentlenessGrace, And Christian LifeWeakness, PhysicalThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleIgnorance of GodWeaknessExerciseMaking Mistakesignoranceempathy

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.” Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBabiesThe Act Of OpeningOpening ContainersOthers MourningPeople Showing Mercyempathy

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBurials, FeaturesVisitingComfort, Of Friends

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Verse ConceptsSympathyUnhappinessI Mourn CatastropheThose Helping The PoorHard TimesGetting Through Hard TimesPrayer During Hard Times

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

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