Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy
Thematic Bible
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The weak
Carry one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the requirements of the law of Christ [that is, the law of Christian love].
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Who is weak, and I do not feel [his] weakness? Who is made to sin, and I am not on fire [with sorrow and concern]?
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Compassion and sympathy » Promise to those who show
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The compassion of God
He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and worked into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
Therefore I say, “Look away from me;
Let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Compassion and sympathy » Exhortation to
Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others’ joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others’ grief].
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Finally, all of you be like-minded [united in spirit], sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted [courteous and compassionate toward each other as members of one household], and humble in spirit;
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The afflicted
“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not
Remember those who are in prison, as if you were their fellow prisoner, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body [and subject to physical suffering].
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Saints
So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaptation [of the parts of the body to each other], but the members all alike should have a mutual interest in and care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the parts [share] the suffering; if one member is honored, all the members [share in] the enjoyment of it.
Compassion and sympathy » Inseparable from love to God
But whoever has the world’s goods (adequate resources), and sees his brother in need, but has no compassion for him, how does the love of God live in him?
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Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].”
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Compassion and sympathy » Illustrated
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Paul
To the weak I became [as the] weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means [in any and every way] save some [by leading them to faith in Jesus Christ].
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Shobi
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash of Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim Brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched [pulse -- "seeds of peas and beans], Honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of cows for David and the people with him to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Elijah
And she said to Elijah, What have you against me, O man of God? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son? He said to her, Give me your son. And he took him from her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he stayed and laid him upon his own bed.
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The poor
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » David
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast. I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother.
Compassion and sympathy » Christ set an example of
And as He approached, He saw the city, and He wept [ audibly] over it, Exclaiming, Would that you had known personally, even at least in this your day, the things that make for peace (for freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin and upon which your peace -- "your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness -- "depends)! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Nehemiah
Now it came about when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying [constantly] before the God of heaven.
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Compassion and sympathy » The wicked made to feel, for saints
He also made them objects of compassion
Among those who had carried them away captive.
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Enemies
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The sense of our infirmities
He is able to deal gently with the spiritually ignorant and misguided, since he is also subject to human weakness;
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Pharaoh's daughter
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. And she took pity 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 see Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning [the loss of] their brother.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job
“Did I not weep for one whose life was hard and filled with trouble?
Was not my heart grieved for the needy?
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job's friends
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
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