Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy


Thematic Bible




Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I do not burn with indignation? Verse ConceptsSympathyAdaptabilityWeakness

And whoever gives a drink of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will not lose his reward. Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone


He offered another illustration: The kingdom of heaven is similar to leaven. A woman hid leaven in three measures of meal until it was all leavened. Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

The servants of the householder said to him: 'Sir, did you sow good seed in your field? Why does it have weeds mixed in with the good wheat?' Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds

I said: Turn away from me. Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people. Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears. Then I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightFountainsEyes, Figurative UseBeing Earnest For IsraelNightSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfTearsMetaphorical SpringsMourning DeathFountains Used Figuratively



A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes his reverence for the Almighty. Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAfflicted, Duty To ThemNo Fear Of GodDespairdevotion


There should be no division in the body. So the members should have the same care for each other. When one member suffers all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.


Our fathers worshipped in this mountain. But you say Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Verse ConceptsSamaritansWorship, Places OfAncestorsHow To Worship God

Then a Samaritan arrived where he was. He was moved with compassion when he saw him. Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeOutsidersTravelPeople Showing Mercy


To the weak I became as the weak, that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility

David went to the town of Mahanaim. Shobi son of Nahash came from Rabbah in Ammon, Machir son of Ammiel came from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite came from Rogelim. Here is a list of what they brought: sleeping mats, blankets, bowls, pottery jars, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, Also honey, yogurt, sheep, and cheese. They brought food for David and the others because they knew that everyone would be hungry, tired, and thirsty from being out in the desert.

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? He said: 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 when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned unanswered. I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother. I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother.

When he came close to the city he wept over it. He said: If you only knew today the things needed to bring peace! But they are hidden from your eyes.


He let them find compassion from all those who held them captive. Verse ConceptsReceiving God's Mercypity

But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned unanswered. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

He is able to exercise compassion towards the ignorant and those going astray, since he is also subject to weakness. Verse ConceptsGentlenessGrace, And Christian LifeWeakness, PhysicalThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleIgnorance of GodWeaknessExerciseMaking Mistakesignoranceempathy

She opened it and saw a baby boy. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. This is one of the Hebrew babies, she said. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBabiesThe Act Of OpeningOpening ContainersOthers MourningPeople Showing Mercyempathy

Many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to console them about their brother. Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBurials, FeaturesVisitingComfort, Of Friends


Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him. Verse ConceptsBad FriendsGood FriendsLove, For One AnotherSympathyVisitingComfort, Of FriendsCondolenceVisiting Of The SickVisitationThree MenMeeting PeopleBest FriendsLosing A FriendLosing FriendsTrue Friends