Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Cruelty » General references to
Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe 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 your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
"The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, 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 also merciful.
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on 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.