Self Pity

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

For the Lord will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. — read the full passage →

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. — read the full passage →

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. — read the full passage →

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? — read the full passage →

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, — read the full passage →

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. — read the full passage →

And Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, — read the full passage →

And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? — read the full passage →

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

But Job answered and said, — read the full passage →

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. — read the full passage →

And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. — read the full passage →

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God: — read the full passage →

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; — read the full passage →

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. — read the full passage →

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. — read the full passage →

Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. — read the full passage →

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. — read the full passage →

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? — read the full passage →

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. — read the full passage →

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.