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The Old Testament
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Hosea 12:6
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Observe mercy and justice,
And wait on your God continually. |
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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 do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
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Zechariah 7:9
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Thus says the LORD of hosts: Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother.
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Leviticus 19:17-18
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You shall not hate your brother in your heart.... You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge against the children of your people,
but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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Psalm 36:7
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How precious is Your loving kindness, O God!
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| Leviticus 25:35 |
"If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you,
then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you." |
| The New Testament |
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Matthew 22:37-40
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"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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Luke 10:30-37
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"A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a certain priest came down that road.And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.' So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?"
And he said, "He who showed mercy on him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
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Matthew 5:16
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"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."
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John 15:12-13
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"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."
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| Matthew 18:33 |
"Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?" |
| Matthew 25:34-46 |
"Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." |
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The Heavenly Doctrine
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Charity 202
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By charity is meant the good that a person does to the neighbor.
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Last Judgment 39: 9
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The whole of the Word is a lesson in love and charity.
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Charity 127
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All goods which are of love to the neighbor or charity are uses, and all uses are goods.
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Arcana Coelestia 7038
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True worship of the Lord consists in performing useful services. |
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see True Christian Religion 406
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Every person is the neighbor who is to be loved, but he should be loved according to the quality of his good.
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| True Christian Religion 411 |
To love the neighbor as oneself is, not to hold him in light esteem in comparison with oneself, to deal justly with him, and not to pass evil judgments upon him. |
| Arcana Coelestia 351 |
Charity means love towards the neighbor and compassion, for anyone who loves his neighbor as himself also has as much compassion for him in his suffering as he does for himself in his own. |
| Arcana Coelestia 6737 |
When people who are perceptive have feelings of compassion they know that they are being alerted by the Lord to offer help. |
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