Thematic Bible: Should be shown
Thematic Bible
Mercy » Should be shown » To backsliders
I will set out [and] go to my father and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}! I am no longer worthy to be called your son! Make me like one of your hired workers.' And he set out [and] came to his own father. But [while] he was still a long way away, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran {and embraced him} and kissed him.
This punishment by the majority [is] sufficient for such a person. So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Therefore I urge you to confirm [your] love for him.
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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Mercy » Should be shown » To animals
The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
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Mercy » Should be shown » To our brethren
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Judge [with] trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion {to one another}.
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Mercy » Should be shown » With cheerfulness
if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Mercy » Should be shown » To those that are in distress
So he said, "The one who showed mercy to him." And Jesus said to him, "You go and do likewise."
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