Love And Compassion

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits, — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

lo, also the ships, being so great, and by fierce winds being driven, are led about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the helmsman doth counsel, — read the full passage →

And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

having the glory of God, and her light <FI>is<Fi> like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

And Thou, O Lord, <FI>art<Fi> God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

are they not all spirits of service--for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another. — read the full passage →

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin;

For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one--Jehovah.

Merciful and gracious <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

and He saith, `I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

for to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;'

and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.

A memorial He hath made of His wonders, Gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee. — read the full passage →

for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; — read the full passage →

and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

Gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.

Gracious <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God <FI>is<Fi> merciful,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one, — read the full passage →

`But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion,

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, `I will; be thou cleansed;'

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. — read the full passage →

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;

to whom God did will to make known what <FI>is<Fi> the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations--which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

and Jehovah doth favour them, and pity them, and turn unto them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hath not been willing to destroy them, nor to cast them from His presence as yet.

and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another, — read the full passage →

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! — read the full passage →

And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as <FI>if<Fi> I had not cast them off, For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah their God, And I answer them.

And thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe to those sowing pillows for all joints of the arm, And to those making the kerchiefs For the head of every stature--to hunt souls, The souls do ye hunt of My people? And the souls ye have do ye keep alive?

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

Me He hath led, and causeth to go <FI>in<Fi> darkness, and without light.

And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,

yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou <FI>art<Fi> a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.