Thematic Bible: Compassion and sympathy
Thematic Bible
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The weak
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Compassion and sympathy » Promise to those who show
And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily, I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Compassion and sympathy » Motives to » The compassion of God
Another parable he spoke to them; The kingdom of heaven is like 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 to him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath 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 devastation 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 ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Verse Concepts
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The afflicted
To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend; but he forsaketh 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 thus if one member suffers all the members suffer with it; or, if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Compassion and sympathy » Inseparable from love to God
But he who hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Compassion and sympathy » Illustrated
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came were 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 I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become 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 had 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 corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, 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 to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The poor
He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the LORD; and that which he hath 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 mourneth for his mother.
Compassion and sympathy » Christ set an example of
And when he had 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 to thy peace! but now they are hid from thy 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 out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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 not I 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 had 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.