(A) SYMPATHY, DIVINEfor human frailties and sorrows
Ps 78:39; Ps 103:13; Isa 63:9; Mt 26:41; Joh 36; Heb 4:15
--SEECompassion,SYMPATHY
&SYMPATHY
Longsuffering,MEEKNESS
(B) SYMPATHY, HUMAN
(1) The Marks of True
Benevolence
Isa 58:7
Burden-bearing
Ro 15:1; Ga 6:2; Col 3:12
Fellow-feeling for the Unfortunate
Heb 13:3
Visitation of the Needy
Jas 1:27; 1Pe 3:8
--SEEBrotherly 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; Ps 35:14; Lu 23:27; Joh 35
--SEEHelpfulness,WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS
Compassion (3),SYMPATHY
Kindness,KINDNESS
&KINDNESS
(C) COMPASSION
(1) Of God
Ex 3:7; De 30:3; 2Ch 36:15; Ps 78:38; Ps 86:15; Jer 12:15
Ho 11:4; Ho 7:19
--SEEForgiveness,FORGIVENESS
Mercy,MERCIFULNESS
(2) Of Christ
For the Multitude
Mt 9:36; Mt 14:14; Mt 15:32
For the Unfortunate
Mt 20:34
For Jerusalem
Mt 23:37
For the Leper
Mr 1:41
For the Bereaved
Lu 7:13; Joh 11:35
--SEEChrist's Love,LOVE
(3) Examples of Human
Pharaoh's Daughter
Ex 2:6
Certain Leaders in Israel
2Ch 28:15
Job
Job 29:13
The Good Samaritan
Lu 34
The Philippian Jailor
Ac 16:33
The Barbarians
Ac 28:2; Heb 10:34
--SEEHelpfulness,WORK AND WORKERS, RELIGIOUS
Unselfishness,UNSELFISHNESS
(D) PITILESSNESScondemned
Job 24:9; Ps 35:15; Ps 69:21; Pr 25:20; Pr 28:3; Am 1:11
Mt 18:30; Lu 10:32
--SEECruelty,CRUELTY
Neglect of Mercy,INDIFFERENCE