What Does The Bible Say About?

Gods Compassion

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Matthew 9:36

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When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Psalm 86:15

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But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

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Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Colossians 3:12

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Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Ephesians 4:32

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Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Psalm 78:38-39

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And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

Psalm 147:3

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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Isaiah 30:18

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Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

1 Peter 3:8

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Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

Luke 15:20

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So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

Matthew 14:14

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When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Exodus 33:19

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“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Mark 6:34

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When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

Psalm 103:13

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As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

1 John 3:17

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If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

2 Corinthians 1:2-4

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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Isaiah 49:13

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Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Psalm 51:1

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For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Romans 5:6-9

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For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

Psalm 103:8

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The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Exodus 34:6

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Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Galatians 6:2

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Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Hebrews 4:15

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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

Psalm 116:5

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The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

Romans 12:15

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Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

1 Peter 2:24

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He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Isaiah 49:15-16

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“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you! Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Isaiah 57:15

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For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Joel 2:13

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So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

2 Peter 3:9

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The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

James 5:11

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See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Micah 6:8

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He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Matthew 7:12

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In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Psalm 145:8

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The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

Zechariah 7:9-10

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“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Zephaniah 3:17

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The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

2 Corinthians 1:3

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

Colossians 3:12-13

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Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Lamentations 3:32

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Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

Nehemiah 9:17

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They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

Psalm 111:4

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He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

Psalm 119:77

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May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

Zechariah 7:9

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“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

2 Chronicles 30:9

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For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

Deuteronomy 13:17

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Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

1 Peter 4:10

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As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

Luke 7:13

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When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”

Mark 1:41

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Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”

Proverbs 19:17

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Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Lamentations 3:22

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Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

Zechariah 10:6

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I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

Exodus 3:7-8

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The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Romans 9:15

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For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

James 1:27

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Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Psalm 119:156

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Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.

Daniel 9:9

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To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

2 Kings 13:23

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But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

Luke 6:36

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Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Matthew 7:1-2

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“Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Proverbs 14:21

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He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

Psalm 112:4

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Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Psalm 78:38

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And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

Romans 5:8

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But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Isaiah 14:1

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For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

Jonah 4:2

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So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

Luke 10:33

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But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.

Matthew 20:34

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Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

Romans 12:20

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On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Isaiah 63:7

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I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

Psalm 145:9

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The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

Psalm 23:6

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Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Romans 8:1

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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

John 16:33

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I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

Galatians 5:22-23

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

James 1:22

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Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

James 2:5

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Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Matthew 5:7

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Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Psalm 145:8-9

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The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

Hebrews 10:34

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You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

Matthew 5:9

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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Psalm 140:12

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I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Zechariah 7:8-10

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Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

2 Corinthians 1:1-24

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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. . . .

Isaiah 1:17

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Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

Proverbs 31:8-9

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Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

1 Kings 8:50

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May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

Exodus 34:6-7

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Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Luke 10:30-37

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Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side. But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. . . .

Hosea 11:8-9

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How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.

Ephesians 4:2

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with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Mark 5:19

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But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”

Micah 7:19

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He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Philippians 2:1

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Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Romans 12:18

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If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

Isaiah 49:10

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They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Isaiah 49:15

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“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

Mark 8:2

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“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

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