Thematic Bible: Social duties to regard all men as brothers
Thematic Bible
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, thou shall surely bring it back to him again.
Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Verse Concepts
Forgiveness, Application Ofevil, believers' responses toGrace, In Human RelationshipsMaliceOpposition, To Sin And EvilPersecution, Attitudes ToPrayer, For OthersReconciliation, Between BelieversSuffering SaintsIntercessory PrayerPersecution, Christian ResponseDuties To EnemiesDifferent TeachingsLove Your Neighbour!Praying For Sinners
if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,
If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou will heap coals of fire upon his head, and LORD will reward thee.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
If ye indeed fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.
Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.
And this second is similar, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law.
Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in the, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that came upon him, they came each one from his own place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they made an appointment together to come t
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it!
naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me.
And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
The rich and the poor meet together. LORD is the maker of them all.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Demands self-sacrifice
Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Forbids harsh judgment
Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A blood relationship
And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A spiritual kinship
And having looked around at those who sat about him, he says, Behold, my mother and my brothers.
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