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 should encounter thine enemy's ox or his ass astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Therefore, if thine enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about 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 rejoiced at the destruction of the one that hated me or lifted up myself when evil found him;
Do not rejoice when thy enemy falls, and do not let thy heart be glad when he stumbles
If thy enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
If ye truly fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well;
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. I am the LORD.
And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Charity works no evil to a neighbour; therefore, charity is the fulfillment of the law.
We then that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbour in that which is good, unto edification.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the congregation ; and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
Now three friends of Job, Eliphaz, the Temanite, Bildad, the Shuhite, and Zophar, the Naamathite, when they heard of all this evil that had come upon him, each one came from his own place; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!
naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
And King Joram went back 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 in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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 despise each man his brother by breaking the covenant of our fathers?
The rich and poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Demands self-sacrifice
Therefore, if food makes my brother to fall, I will never eat flesh nor do anything which may cause my brother to fall.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Forbids harsh judgment
Let us, therefore, not judge one another any more, but judge this rather: that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A blood relationship
and has made of one blood all the lineage of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the seasons (which he has limited) and the bounds of their habitation;
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A spiritual kinship
And looking round about on those who sat about him, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
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