Thematic Bible: Visiting the sick, &c
Thematic Bible
Love to man » Should be exhibited in » Visiting the sick, &c
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Verse Concepts
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail, or I have eaten my morsel {alone}, and [the] orphan has not eaten from it (for from my childhood he {grew up with} me like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her), read more.
if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor, if his loins have not blessed me, or by means of my sheep's fleece he has warmed himself, if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at the gate, [then] let my shoulder blade fall from [my] shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.
if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor, if his loins have not blessed me, or by means of my sheep's fleece he has warmed himself, if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at the gate, [then] let my shoulder blade fall from [my] shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.
Related Topics
- Absent Fathers
- Acceptance, Of Worship
- Acceptance, divine
- Active Lifestyles
- Afflicted, Duty To Them
- Age Discrimination
- Almsgiving
- Altruism
- Bereaved, Care For
- Blamelessness, In Christian Living
- Cares Of This World
- Caring For Others
- Charity
- Commitment, to the world
- Compassion, Examples Of