Thematic Bible: Of mercy and help


Thematic Bible



I was a stranger and you did not welcome me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not care for me.' Verse ConceptsSocial SelfishnessOppressing ForeignersClothing The NeedyNaked In PovertyPeople VisitingNot Welcoming ChristReceiving Jesus As A Guestjail

because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone, poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay [them]. Verse ConceptsBrokennessdiscouragementKindnessUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPersecutionA Broken HeartBroken Heartsheartbrokenharassment



The weak you [have] not strengthened, and the sick you [have] not healed, and {with respect to} the hurt you have not bound [them up], and you [have] not brought back the scattered, and you [have] not sought the lost, but [rather] you ruled over them with force and with ruthlessness. Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofdiseasesInjuryOppression, Nature OfUnkindnessWeakness, PhysicalBones BrokenWeak AnimalsNot Seeking PeopleReinstating PeopleOppressorsJoining Flesh And BonesLording ItLost PeopleNo HealingWeakness

For look, I [am] raising up a shepherd in the land who will not attend to the [ones that are] perishing; he will not seek the young man, he will not heal the [ones that are] crushed and he will not sustain the healthy [ones]; he will devour the flesh of the {fattened ones} and tear apart [even] their hoofs. Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdNeglecting PeopleFat AnimalsNot Seeking PeopleFeet Of CreaturesNo Healing

And a certain poor man {named} Lazarus, covered with sores, lay at his gate, and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs came [and] licked his sores.