Thematic Bible: Should be shown
Thematic Bible
Mercy » Should be shown » To backsliders
Having risen I will go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: and I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And having risen, he came to his father. And he being yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having run, fell upon his neck, and kissed him copiously.
This punishment which for many to such a one is sufficient; so on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one may be swallowed up with excessive grief. Therefore I exhort you to stir up your divine love for him:
Mercy » Should be shown » To the poor
Mercy » Should be shown » To animals
Mercy » Should be shown » To our brethren
Mercy » Should be shown » With cheerfulness
or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; or he that giveth, with a single eye; he that presideth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Mercy » Should be shown » To those that are in distress
And he said, The one having done mercy with him. And Jesus said to him, Go, thou, and do likewise.
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