Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The weak
Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfil the law of the Christ.
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Who is sick, and I am not sick? who stumbles, and I burn not?
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Compassion and sympathy » Promise to those who show
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
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He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.
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Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The compassion of God
He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
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So the slaves of the husband of the house came and said unto him, Lord, didst 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, Leave me; I will weep bitterly; do not labour to comfort me of 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 that rejoice and weep with those that weep.
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And finally, be ye all of one consent, of one affection, loving each other fraternally, merciful, courteous,
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The afflicted
He that is afflicted deserves mercy from his friend; but he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
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Remember those that are in bonds as bound with them and those who suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Saints
that there should be no contradiction in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer together; or if one member is honoured, all the members rejoice together.
Compassion and sympathy » Inseparable from love to God
But whosoever has this world's goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?
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Our fathers worshipped in 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 where he was; and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion
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And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Paul
To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak; I am made all things to everyone, that I might by all means save some.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Shobi
And it came to pass, when David arrived at 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 flour and parched wheat and beans and lentils and parched grain and honey and butter and sheep and cheese of cows for David and for the people that were with him, to eat, for they said, These people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Elijah
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my iniquity to remembrance and to cause my son to die? And he said unto 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 that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » David
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.
Compassion and sympathy » Christ set an example of
And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid 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 fasted and prayed before the God of the heavens
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Compassion and sympathy » The wicked made to feel, for saints
He also caused those that carried them captives to have mercy upon them.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Enemies
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom.
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Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The sense of our infirmities
who can have compassion on the ignorant and on those that are in error; for he himself is also compassed with weakness.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Pharaoh's daughter
And when she had opened it, she saw the child, and, behold, the babe wept. And having compassion on him, she 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 Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job
Did I not weep for the one that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
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Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job's friends
Now three friends of Job, Eliphaz, the Temanite, Bildad, the Shuhite, and Zophar, the Naamathite, when they heard of all this evil that had come upon him, each one came from his own place; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
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