15 Bible Verses about Pitilessness
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An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
who also made us sufficient to be ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.
And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;
And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, Is as vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.
A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever,
and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.
and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.
And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.
His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;
and Jesus having taken up the word, said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead. 'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.
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Pitilessness » Condemned
And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.
And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever,
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Pitilessness Condemned
Job 24:9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.