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Sunday, March 31, 2024

Easter Quotes

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  • God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'  --Billy Graham

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Not really a Biblical word, but celebrating the resurrection is Biblical.
Acts 12:4  And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
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Saturday, March 30, 2024

Resurrection Quotes

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  • Because of the empty tomb, we have peace. Because of His resurrection, we can have peace during even the most troubling of times because we know He is in control of all that happens in the world. –Paul Chappell
  • Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime. –Martin Luther
  • Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. –Watchman Nee
  • Remember that grace and truth cannot finally be crucified. Remember that all the high things that make humanity beautiful cannot be forever laid in the dust, spattered with blood. And most of all, remember that He who rose from the dead, rose to pour out His Holy Spirit into human lives, and, by that Spirit, to make available to any individual all the fullness of Himself, twenty-four hours a day. –Ray C. Stedman
  • Share the gratitude and good news of the resurrection of Jesus. Easter Sunday reminds us all of our heavenly calling and of the open door for a relationship with God through Jesus, His Son.
  • We understand and acknowledge that the Resurrection has placed a glorious crown upon all of Christ's sufferings –A. W. Tozer
  • What happened on that day (of Easter) became, was and remained the centre around which everything else moves. For everything lasts its time, but the love of God - which was at work and was expressed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead - lasts forever. Because this event took place, there is no reason to despair, and even when we read the newspaper with all its confusing and frightening news, there is every reason to hope. --Karl Barth




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John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
1 Corinthians 15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ...
Matthew 28:6 (NET) He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.
John 11:24  Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
Colossians 3:1 Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Philippians 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Pitch Quotes

Quotes About Pitch 


  • I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them. Hank Aaron, American Athlete (1934-  )
  • Pitch me outside, I will hit .400. Pitch me inside, and you will not find the ball. --Roberto Clemente
  • Pitch within yourself. --Tom Seaver
  • Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching. --Ferguson Jenkins
  • I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. --Sandy Koufax





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Genesis 6:14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
Daniel 11:45 (NLT) He will stop between the glorious holy mountain and the sea and will pitch his royal tents. But while he is there, his time will suddenly run out, and no one will help him.
Isaiah 34:9 The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Troubles and Trials Quotes

Quotes About Troubles and Trials 

  • A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. --SENECA
  • A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. -- English proverb
  • God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage
  • I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. --Rudyard Kipling
  • I do not know anyone who goes through life without some wounding of the heart. Sometimes we take a little shower at Calvary rather than let God deeply cut and wash away the hurts with His atoning blood. Cindy Jacobs
  • I know God promises not to give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. Mother Teresa
  • If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
  • If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. --Thomas Paine
  • If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. --CALVIN COOLIDGE
  • In the sorest trials God often makes the sweetest discoveries of Himself.
  • Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble. G. K. Chesterton
  • The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. --Thomas Paine
  • Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow. – Warren Wiersbe
  • Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things... We are always in the forge, or on the anvil; by trials, God is shaping us for higher things. --Henry Ward Beecher



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1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Peter 3:14 - But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
Hebrews 12:15 - See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
James 1:12 (MSG) Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.
James 1:12 ESV Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 18:28  Jesus' trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor. His accusers didn't go inside because it would defile them, and they wouldn't be allowed to celebrate the Passover.
Matthew 6:34 (MSG) “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
Philippians 3:1 - Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
Philippians 4:14 - Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.
Proverbs 12:13 The wicked are trapped by their own words, but the godly escape such trouble.
Proverbs 17:20 The crooked heart will not prosper; the lying tongue tumbles into trouble.
Psalms 25:16 (MSG) Look at me and help me! I’m all alone and in big trouble.
Romans 7:14 So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.
Romans 8:28 ESV And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Monday, March 18, 2024

Competence Quotes

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  • Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. --Laurence J. Peter, Canadian Writer (1919-1990)
  • Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle. --Warren Buffett
  • How do you attain moral authority? The answer is quite simple, have competence.
  • I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence. --Ayrton Senna
  • Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. --C. S. Lewis
  • Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they may. --Jon Stewart
  • Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach. --Peter Drucker
  • The end of education is to see men made whole, both in competence and in conscience. --John Dickey
  • There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character. --John C. Maxwell
  • Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital. --Stephen Covey


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2 Corinthians 10:12 (MSG) We’re not, understand, putting ourselves in a league with those who boast that they’re our superiors. We wouldn’t dare do that. But in all this comparing and grading and competing, they quite miss the point.
2 Corinthians 3:4-5 ESV Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.
2 Timothy 2:15 ESV Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 3:17 ESV That the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Acts 18:24 - Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.
Daniel 1:4 - youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king’s palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
Matthew 5:9 (MSG) “You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.
Proverbs 22:29 Do you see any truly competent workers? They will serve kings rather than working for ordinary people.
Proverbs 3:21 My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;
Proverbs 8:14 I possess good advice and competence;I have understanding and strength.
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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Hosanna Quotes

Quotes About Hosanna 



  • Lord, we lift up your name. With hearts full of praise; Be exalted, O Lord my God! Hosanna in the highest! --Carl Tuttle




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John 12:13 - So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”
Mark 11:9–10 NET - Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"
Mark 11:11 (MSG) He entered Jerusalem, then entered the Temple. He looked around, taking it all in. But by now it was late, so he went back to Bethany with the Twelve.
Matthew 21:10-11 (MSG) As he made his entrance into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken. Unnerved, people were asking, “What’s going on here? Who is this?” 11 The parade crowd answered, “This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Matthew 21:9, 15 NET - The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" ... But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant
Matthew 21:17 (MSG) Fed up, Jesus spun around and left the city for Bethany, where he spent the night.
Psalms 32:7 (MSG) God ’s my island hideaway, keeps danger far from the shore, throws garlands of hosannas around my neck.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Authority Quotes

Quotes About Authority 

  • A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it. 
  • Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. --Anne Bradstreet, American Poet
  • Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. --John Adams
  • If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.  --Yugoslavian Proverb
  • Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. --ISAAC ASIMOV
  • Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. --Leonardo da Vinci
  • Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. --Robert E. Lee
  • Real authority is the power to serve. --Dick McMullen
  • The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. --John Stott
  • The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. --Ken Blanchard
  • True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect. --Stephen Covey
  • Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. --Albert Einstein (1879-1955); physicist and mathematician.


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The people who have the most influence in our lives often have little to no authority in terms of position. There’s something about their lives that gives them influence in ours. In part two of the Leading Through series, Andy shares how to lead with moral authority.



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1 Peter 2:13 For the Lord’s sake, respect all human authority - whether the king as head of state,
Acts 5:29 ESV But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.
Hebrews 13:17 ESV Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
John 19:10 (MSG) Pilate said, “You won’t talk? Don’t you know that I have the authority to pardon you, and the authority to—crucify you?”
John 5:22 In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,
Luke 10:19 ESV Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
Matthew 28:18 ESV And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Matthew 7:29 for he taught with real authority - quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
Matthew 9:6  So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
Proverbs 28:2  When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily.
Romans 13:1 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.
Romans 13:1-7
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Authority (see also Respect)
  •     God will hold people in authority accountable for their actions (Daniel 4:31)
  •     Jesus is the highest authority (Matthew 28:18)
  •     God gave the government its authority (John 19:11)
  •     Christians should obey the government (Romans 13:1–2)
  •     Parents are authorities to their children (Ephesians 6:1)
  •     The Bible is our authority (2 Timothy 3:16)
  •     Church leaders are authoritative (Hebrews 13:17)


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Monday, March 11, 2024

Quit Quotes

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  • Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope. --John Piper
  • Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you. --Travis Bradberry 
  • If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. --Bear Bryant
  • Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. --Ross Perot
  • Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. --Lance Armstrong 
  • The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. --Walt Disney 
  • What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. --Alexander Graham Bell
  • Winners never quit and quitters never win. --Vince Lombardi



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Ecclesiastes 3:6 A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.
Ephesians 4:28 If you are a thief, quit stealing. Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need.
Exodus 16:30 (MSG) So the people quit working on the seventh day.
Isaiah 2:22 (MSG) Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans, so full of themselves, so full of hot air! Can’t you see there’s nothing to them?
Matthew 22:46 (MSG) That stumped them, literalists that they were. Unwilling to risk losing face again in one of these public verbal exchanges, they quit asking questions for good.
Proverbs 17:14 - The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 19:27 (MSG) If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own, you’ll soon be out of your depth.
Psalms 145:14 (MSG) God gives a hand to those down on their luck, gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.
Revelation 2:3 You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.
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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Compassion Quotes

Quotes About Compassion 

  • A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward. --William John Bennett
  • Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations. Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- )
  • Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. --Pema Chodron
  • Compassion begins with attention. --Daniel Goleman
  • Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. --John Berger, English Artist (1926-  )
  • Compassion is not a popular virtue. --Karen Armstrong, English Writer (1944-  )
  • Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. --Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman (1926-  )
  • Compassion means justice. Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-c. 1327)
  • Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. --Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman (1813-1887)
  • God's care will carry you so you can carry others. Robert Harold Schuller (1926- )
  • Hearin' is one thing and listenin' is another. William Frend Demorgan (1839-1917)
  • I have this theory that if one person shows compassion to another then that person will start a chain reaction of the same. Rachel Joy Scott
  • If I had known what trouble you were bearing; What griefs were in the silence of your face; I would have been more gentle and more caring, And tried to give you gladness for a space. Mary Carolyn Davies
  • Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away. --Abraham Lincoln
  • Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to the place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it. Henri J. M. Nouwen
  • Love dissolves hate. Kindness melts cruelty. Compassion calms passion. Cooperation evokes love and when we bow, others bend. This creates harmony. unknown
  • Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God will never. William Cowper (1731-1800)
  • Man's sorrows often will not let me sleep. Henriette Roland Holst (1869-1952)
  • Never interfere with God's providential dealings with other souls. Be true to God yourself and watch. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)
  • Quaker to a burglar: "Friend, I would do thee no harm for the world, but thou standest where I am about to shoot." 
  • Regardless of how we define Christ's separation from the world, one fact is clear: he did not separate himself from human beings and their needs. Nor did he limit his concern to the spiritual part of man's personality. Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- )
  • Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these. Bob Goddard
  • Teach me to feel another's; woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
  • The dew of compassion is; a tear. Lord George Noel Gordon Byron (1788-1824)
  • The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. Anthony de Mello
  • We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion. Sydney J. Harris
  • Why stand we here trembling around calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells, stretching a hand to save the falling man? William Blake (1757-1827)
  • You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. --Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Care More, Do More! = Compassionate people are quick to help. Their caring translates into actions. When people care, trust increases and communication improves. Make a commitment today to care a little more and do more for others.


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Be A Friend To Yourself = Do you beat yourself up? Instead, treat yourself as kindly as you would treat a good friend if they were dealing with the same challenge or mistake. When we are compassionate towards ourselves, it lowers our stress levels, helps us persevere, and just feel better. Where have you been too hard on yourself?






Less of a Feeling = Look beyond yourself, focus on others. Put yourself into someone else's shoes and show them how much you care. Invest, connect, and make a difference in someones life today!





Do you care enough to be intentional about adding values to others? Every single day, find one person or multiple people to add value to. Don't let a day go by where you don't pour into someone else!




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1 John 3:17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion - how can God’s love be in that person?
Colossians 3:12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
Ephesians 4:32 ESV Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Hebrews 10:34 - For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
Luke 10:33 - But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
Luke 15:20 - And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
Luke 7:13 - And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
Mark 6:34 ESV When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
Matthew 9:36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Micah 6:8 (MSG) But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.
Philippians 1:8 God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 14:21 (MSG) It’s criminal to ignore a neighbor in need, but compassion for the poor—what a blessing!
Romans 9:15 - For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
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