Self Pity

in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

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

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

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

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

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

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed 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 have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself concerning his servants.

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

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?

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

Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness 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 Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

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

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in 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 →

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

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

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

But seek ye first his kingdom, 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 indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, 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 murmured, and perished by 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 thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who isthe help of my countenance, and my God.

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

For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious 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 Jehovah? 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 Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor 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 ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them. — read the full passage →

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

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

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the 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 mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: 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 not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Then 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 Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.

And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning, — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

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

Remember 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 Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

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

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

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

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

Andtheirbows shall dash the young men in 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 evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — 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 were marching after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? — read the full passage →

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and 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, therein to be content.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.

O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me. — read the full passage →

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

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