Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The weak
Bear the burdens of each other, and so fulfill the law of the Christ.
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Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I am not made fiery?
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Compassion and sympathy » Promise to those who show
And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.
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He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.
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Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The compassion of God
He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.
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But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
Therefore I said, Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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Compassion and sympathy » Exhortation to
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep,
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And finally, all be like-minded, sympathetic, brother-loving, compassionate, friendly,
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The afflicted
To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be] from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Saints
so that there would be no schisms in the body, but that the parts would have the same care for each other. And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.
Compassion and sympathy » Inseparable from love to God
But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.
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Compassion and sympathy » Illustrated
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to him, and when he saw him, felt compassion.
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And having risen, he went to his father. But while he was still distant, afar off, his father saw him and felt compassion. And having ran, he fell on his neck, and kissed him much.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Paul
To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Shobi
And it came to pass, when David came to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and roasted [grain], and beans, and lentils, and roasted [pulse], and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat. For they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Elijah
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Thou have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill 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 chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The poor
He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » David
But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom. I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as he who bewails his mother.
Compassion and sympathy » Christ set an example of
And when he came near, having seen the city, he wept over it, saying, If thou knew, even thou, indeed even in this thy day, the things for thy peace. But now they are hidden from thine eyes.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Nehemiah
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days. And I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
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Compassion and sympathy » The wicked made to feel, for saints
He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Enemies
But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
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Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The sense of our infirmities
Who can be gentle to those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself is also encompassed with weakness.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Pharaoh's daughter
And she opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Jews
and many of the Jews had come to the women, about Martha and Mary, so that they might console them about their brother.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job
Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job's friends
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that came upon him, they came each one from his own place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they made an appointment together to come t
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