Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Cruelty » General references to
Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and he that breathes out cruelty.
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the merciful
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday.
Jehovah will hold him up on the bed of sickness; You will change all his bed in his illness.
Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.
He has scattered abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be lifted up with honor.
Give, and it shall be given to you, good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over, they shall give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured to you again.
And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you have done it to Me.
Therefore, O king, let my advice be pleasing to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, whether there will be duration to your prosperity.
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you but to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?
Verse Concepts
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.
Therefore turn to your God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God forever.
Let not mercy and truth forsake you; tie them around your neck; write them upon the tablet of your heart;
Mercy » Beneficial to those who exercise
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.