1 Kings 3:26
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26 But the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because compassion for her son burned within her, “Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him!” The other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.”(A)
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Isaiah 49:15
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15 Can a woman forget her nursing child
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these might forget,
yet I will not forget you.(A)
Jeremiah 31:20
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20 Is Ephraim my dear son?
Is he the child in whom I delight?
As often as I speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore I am deeply moved for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
says the Lord.(A)
1 John 3:17
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17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?(A)
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Genesis 43:30
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30 With that, Joseph hurried out, because he was overcome with affection for his brother, and he was about to weep. So he went into a private room and wept there.(A)
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Hosea 11:8
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8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.(A)
Philippians 2:1
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Imitating Christ’s Humility
2 If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy,(A)
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Philippians 1:8
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8 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the tender affection of Christ Jesus.(A)
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2 Timothy 3:3
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3 unfeeling, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good,(A)
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Romans 1:31
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31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.(A)
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Psalm 39:3
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3 my heart became hot within me.
While I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
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