Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the merciful
For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy [the] appetite of [the] afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness [will be] like noon.
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Yahweh sustains him on [his] sick bed. In his illness, you {restore to health}.
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Blessed [are] the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.
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{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.
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Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure--pressed down, shaken, overflowing--they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return."
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And the king will answer [and] say to them, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did [it] to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did [it] to me.'
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Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable [to you] and your sin remove with righteousness and your iniquity with having mercy on [the] oppressed, {in case there might be a prolongation of your prosperity}.'"
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A person of kindness rewards himself, but a cruel [person] harms his own flesh.
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He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
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Honor » Those that honor the lord
Therefore,' {declares} Yahweh the God of Israel, 'though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor would walk before me forever, but now,' {declares} Yahweh, 'far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt!
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He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
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Mercy » Who shows mercy
[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.
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He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
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Mercy » Should be shown » To the poor
Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable [to you] and your sin remove with righteousness and your iniquity with having mercy on [the] oppressed, {in case there might be a prolongation of your prosperity}.'"
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He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
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Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.
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He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, "Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back {for the sake of} my inward excitement. I hear discipline that insults me, and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me. read more.
"Did you know this from of old, since the setting of [the] human being on earth, that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}? Even though his stature mounts up to the heaven, and his head reaches to the clouds, he will perish forever like his dung; [those who] have seen him will say, 'Where [is] he?' He will fly away like a dream, and they will not find him, and he will be chased away like a vision of [the] night. [The] eye [that] saw him {will not see him again}, and his place will no longer behold him. His children will seek favors from [the] poor, and his hands will return his wealth. His bones were full of his vigor, but it will lie down with him on [the] dust. "Though wickedness tastes sweet in his mouth, [and] he hides it under his tongue, [though] he spares it and does not let it go [and] holds it back in the midst of his palate, in his bowels his food is turned, [the] venom of horned vipers [is] {within him}. He swallows riches, but he vomits them [up]; God drives them out from his stomach. He will suck [the] poison of horned vipers; [the] viper's tongue will kill him. {He will not enjoy the streams}, [the] torrents of honey and curds. Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy}, for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.
"Did you know this from of old, since the setting of [the] human being on earth, that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}? Even though his stature mounts up to the heaven, and his head reaches to the clouds, he will perish forever like his dung; [those who] have seen him will say, 'Where [is] he?' He will fly away like a dream, and they will not find him, and he will be chased away like a vision of [the] night. [The] eye [that] saw him {will not see him again}, and his place will no longer behold him. His children will seek favors from [the] poor, and his hands will return his wealth. His bones were full of his vigor, but it will lie down with him on [the] dust. "Though wickedness tastes sweet in his mouth, [and] he hides it under his tongue, [though] he spares it and does not let it go [and] holds it back in the midst of his palate, in his bowels his food is turned, [the] venom of horned vipers [is] {within him}. He swallows riches, but he vomits them [up]; God drives them out from his stomach. He will suck [the] poison of horned vipers; [the] viper's tongue will kill him. {He will not enjoy the streams}, [the] torrents of honey and curds. Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy}, for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.
A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.
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The poor » By oppressing, God is reproached
He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
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Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » God, by oppressing the poor
He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
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