SYMPATHY-PITILESSNESS
SYMPATHY-PITILESSNESS
(A) SYMPATHY, DIVINE for human frailties and sorrows
Psa 78:39; Psa 103:13; Isa 63:9; Mat 26:41; Joh 11:35; Joh 11:36; Heb 4:15
–SEE Compassion, SYMPATHY
& SYMPATHY
Longsuffering, MEEKNESS
(B) SYMPATHY, HUMAN
(1) The Marks of True
Benevolence
Isa 58:7
Helpfulness
Act 20:35; Rom 12:15
Burden-bearing
Rom 15:1; Gal 6:2; Col 3:12
Fellow-feeling for the Unfortunate
Heb 13:3
Visitation of the Needy
Jam 1:27; 1Pe 3:8
–SEE Brotherly Love, LOVE
Kindness, KINDNESS
& KINDNESS
The Poor, POVERTY
Widow and Fatherless, WIDOW AND FATHERLESS
& WIDOW AND FATHERLESS
(2) Examples of
2Sa 15:23; Job 2:11; Job 30:25; Psa 35:14; Luk 23:27; Joh 11:19; Joh 11:35
–SEE Helpfulness, WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS
Compassion (3), SYMPATHY
Kindness, KINDNESS
& KINDNESS
(C) COMPASSION
(1) Of God
Exo 3:7; Deu 30:3; 2Ch 36:15; Psa 78:38; Psa 86:15; Jer 12:15
Lam 3:32; Hos 11:4; Mic 7:19
–SEE Forgiveness, FORGIVENESS
Mercy, MERCIFULNESS
(2) Of Christ
For the Multitude
Mat 9:36; Mat 14:14; Mat 15:32
For the Unfortunate
Mat 20:34
For Jerusalem
Mat 23:37
For the Leper
Mar 1:41
For the Bereaved
Luk 7:13; Joh 11:35
–SEE Christ’s Love, LOVE
(3) Examples of Human
Pharaoh’s Daughter
Exo 2:6
Certain Leaders in Israel
2Ch 28:15
Job
Job 29:13
The Good Samaritan
Luk 10:33; Luk 10:34
The Philippian Jailor
Act 16:33
The Barbarians
Act 28:2; Heb 10:34
–SEE Helpfulness, WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS
Unselfishness, UNSELFISHNESS
(D) PITILESSNESS condemned
Job 24:9; Psa 35:15; Psa 69:21; Pro 25:20; Pro 28:3; Amo 1:11
Mat 18:30; Luk 10:32
–SEE Cruelty, CRUELTY
Neglect of Mercy, INDIFFERENCE