Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy
Thematic Bible
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The weak
Bear you one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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.
He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The compassion of God
Another parable spoke he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares?
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
Therefore said I, Look away from me: I will weep bitterly, labor not to comfort me, because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.
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!
Compassion and sympathy » Exhortation to
Finally, be all of one mind, having compassion one with another, love as brethren, be tender hearted, be courteous:
Verse Concepts
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The afflicted
To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend; even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Saints
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Compassion and sympathy » Inseparable from love to God
But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his heart of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Compassion and sympathy » Illustrated
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Paul
To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Shobi
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched seed, 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, The 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 you, O you man of God? are you come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? And he said unto her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he was staying, and laid him upon his own bed.
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The poor
He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
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 returned into my own 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 came near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong unto your peace! but now they are hid from your 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 heaven,
Compassion and sympathy » The wicked made to feel, for saints
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 returned into my own bosom.
Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The sense of our infirmities
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are wayward; for he himself also is beset with weakness.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Pharaoh's daughter
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Jews
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job
Did I not weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job's friends
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.