Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the merciful
For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who is in the heavens;
And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.
Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.
He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
'Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'
And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did it.
'Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Honor » Those that honor the lord
Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Mercy » Who shows mercy
The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Mercy » Should be shown » To the poor
'Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me. The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer: read more.
This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth? That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment, Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike -- As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where is he?' As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night, The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him. His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth. His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down. Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue, Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate, His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps is in his heart. Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out. Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper. He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter. He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not. For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth? That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment, Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike -- As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where is he?' As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night, The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him. His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth. His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down. Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue, Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate, His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps is in his heart. Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out. Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper. He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter. He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not. For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
The poor » By oppressing, God is reproached
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » God, by oppressing the poor
An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.