Thematic Bible: Of mercy and help


Thematic Bible



A stranger, was I, and ye took me not home, naked, and ye clothed me not, sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Verse ConceptsSocial SelfishnessOppressing ForeignersClothing The NeedyNaked In PovertyPeople VisitingNot Welcoming ChristReceiving Jesus As A Guestjail

Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay. Verse ConceptsBrokennessdiscouragementKindnessUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPersecutionA Broken HeartBroken Heartsheartbrokenharassment

To him, therefore, who knoweth how to be doing, a right thing, and is not doing it, it is, sin, unto him. Verse ConceptsFaultsAvoiding SinSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionSinCleanlinessGuiltDoing The Right ThingDoing Your BestGod Turning Bad Things Into Goodjournaling


The weak, have ye not strengthened And, the sick, have ye not healed. And the torn, have ye not hound up, And that which was driven out, have ye not brought back, And that which was straying, have ye not sought out; But with force, have ye ruled them and with rigour. Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofdiseasesInjuryOppression, Nature OfUnkindnessWeakness, PhysicalBones BrokenWeak AnimalsNot Seeking PeopleReinstating PeopleOppressorsJoining Flesh And BonesLording ItLost PeopleNo HealingWeakness

For lo! I am raising up a shepherd in the land, the disappearing, will he not visit, the straying, will he not seek, and, the fractured, will he not bind up, - the weak, will he not nourish, but, the flesh of the fat, will he eat, and, their hoofs, will he break in pieces. Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdNeglecting PeopleFat AnimalsNot Seeking PeopleFeet Of CreaturesNo Healing

And, a certain beggar, by name Lazarus, used to be cast near his gate, full of sores, and to long to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the table of the rich man: nay! even, the dogs, used to come and lick his sores.