Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Cruelty » General references to
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the merciful
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Verse Concepts
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Mercy » Beneficial to those who exercise
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.