Sympathy

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

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

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

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

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 →

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?

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

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. — 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.

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

`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.

The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying <FI>it<Fi> to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. — read the full passage →

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people. — read the full passage →

Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

`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;

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

From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

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?

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

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

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 the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

And I <FI>am<Fi> continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand. — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

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,

but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;

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 →

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. — read the full passage →

When thou passest into waters, I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, And into floods, they do not overflow thee, When thou goest into fire, thou art not burnt, And a flame doth not burn against thee.

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou--place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.

for if even in the flesh I am absent--yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.

`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said, — read the full passage →

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →

For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we <FI>are<Fi> dust.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God <FI>is<Fi> my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn <FI>for<Fi> days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

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

and they bring to him a deaf, stuttering man, and they call on him that he may put the hand on him. — read the full passage →

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.

Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. — read the full passage →

This <FI>is<Fi> my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

Precious in the eyes of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the death for His saints.

That this God <FI>is<Fi> our God--To the age and for ever, He--he doth lead us over death!

And I--in their sickness my clothing <FI>is<Fi> sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth. — read the full passage →

For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

For Thou--Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude, — read the full passage →

For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.

and openeth, and seeth him--the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, `This is <FI>one<Fi> of the Hebrews' children.'

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

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 reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;