Jeremiah 38:12

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Let brotherly love continue.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”

Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

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

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John.

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire and received us all, because of the present rain and because of the cold.

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”

They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ ”

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve by me?

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”