Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
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.
Honor » Those that honor the lord
And Jehovah, the God of Israel says, I said indeed, Your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever. But now Jehovah says, Be it far from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, and those that think little of Me shall be lightly regarded.
He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.
Mercy » Who shows mercy
The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.
He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.
Mercy » Should be shown » To the poor
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.
He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.
He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, even because of my haste in me. I have heard the rebuke meant to shame me, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. read more.
Do you know this from days of old, from the setting of man on earth, that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment? Though his honor mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, he shall perish forever like his dung; they who see him shall say, Where is he? He flies away like a dream, and shall not be found, and shall be chased away like a vision of the night. An eye glimpsed him, but will not again; yea, his place shall not see him again. His sons shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth. His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it lies down with him in the dust. Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue; though he spares it and will not leave it; yea, keeps it still in his mouth; yet his food in his belly shall be turned; the gall of asps is within him. He swallows riches, but vomits it; God shall cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him. He shall not see the rivers, the flowings of the brooks of honey and butter, giving back his gain, and he will not eat. As to the wealth of his trading, even he shall not enjoy it. For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it.
Do you know this from days of old, from the setting of man on earth, that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment? Though his honor mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, he shall perish forever like his dung; they who see him shall say, Where is he? He flies away like a dream, and shall not be found, and shall be chased away like a vision of the night. An eye glimpsed him, but will not again; yea, his place shall not see him again. His sons shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth. His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it lies down with him in the dust. Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue; though he spares it and will not leave it; yea, keeps it still in his mouth; yet his food in his belly shall be turned; the gall of asps is within him. He swallows riches, but vomits it; God shall cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him. He shall not see the rivers, the flowings of the brooks of honey and butter, giving back his gain, and he will not eat. As to the wealth of his trading, even he shall not enjoy it. For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it.
A poor man who crushes the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
The poor » By oppressing, God is reproached
He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » God, by oppressing the poor
He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.