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Psalms 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; (niv)
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Isaiah 44:21
“ Remember these things, Jacob, for you, Israel, are my servant. I have made you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you. (niv)
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Hosea 11:1
“ When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. (niv)
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Jeremiah 31:20
Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the Lord. (niv)
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Matthew 7:11
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! (niv)
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Lamentations 4:10
With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed. (niv)
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2 Kings 11 1-2 Kings 11 2
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed. (niv)
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Malachi 3:17
“ On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty,“ they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him. (niv)
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2 Kings 6 28-2 Kings 6 29
Then he asked her,“ What’s the matter?” She answered,“ This woman said to me,‘ Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day I said to her,‘ Give up your son so we may eat him,’ but she had hidden him.” (niv)
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1 Kings 3 26-1 Kings 3 27
The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king,“ Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” But the other said,“ Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”Then the king gave his ruling:“ Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.” (niv)
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Lamentations 4:3
Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my people have become heartless like ostriches in the desert. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 28:56-57
The most gentle and sensitive woman among you— so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot— will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughterthe afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities. (niv)
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Romans 11:28-29
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. (niv)
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Romans 1:31
they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. (niv)
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Leviticus 26:29
You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. (niv)