Thematic Bible: Should be shown
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Mercy » Should be shown » To backsliders
I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted by many. So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow. Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towards him.
Mercy » Should be shown » To the poor
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thy iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Mercy » Should be shown » To animals
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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Mercy » Should be shown » To our brethren
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
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Mercy » Should be shown » With cheerfulness
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, 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, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, Go, and do thou likewise.
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