Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy


Thematic Bible




Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry? Verse ConceptsSympathyAdaptabilityWeakness

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward. Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone


Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants? Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds

For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be comforted for the wasting of the daughter of my people. Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people! Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightFountainsEyes, Figurative UseBeing Earnest For IsraelNightSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfTearsMetaphorical SpringsMourning DeathFountains Used Figuratively



He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all. Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAfflicted, Duty To ThemNo Fear Of GodDespairdevotion


So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another. And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.


Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him, Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeOutsidersTravelPeople Showing Mercy


To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility

Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, Came with beds and basins and pots, and grain and meal, and all sorts of dry foods, And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death? And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.


But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart. My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it, Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven, Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFasting, Practice OfFasting, Nature OfFasting, Examples OfPrayer, Practicalities OfPrayerfulnessSorrowSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansFastingFasting And Prayer

He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners. Verse ConceptsReceiving God's Mercypity

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble; Verse ConceptsGentlenessGrace, And Christian LifeWeakness, PhysicalThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleIgnorance of GodWeaknessExerciseMaking Mistakesignoranceempathy

And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBabiesThe Act Of OpeningOpening ContainersOthers MourningPeople Showing Mercyempathy

And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBurials, FeaturesVisitingComfort, Of Friends

Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need? Verse ConceptsSympathyUnhappinessI Mourn CatastropheThose Helping The PoorHard TimesGetting Through Hard TimesPrayer During Hard Times

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort. Verse ConceptsBad FriendsGood FriendsLove, For One AnotherSympathyVisitingComfort, Of FriendsCondolenceVisiting Of The SickVisitationThree MenMeeting PeopleBest FriendsLosing A FriendLosing FriendsTrue Friends

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