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Abrahamic Traditions
Doctrine and Covenants124:75
And let him lift up his voice long and loud, in the midst of the people, to plead the cause of the poor and the needy; and let him not fail, neither let his heart faint; and I will accept of his offerings, for they shall not be unto me as the offerings of Cain, for he shall be mine, saith the Lord.
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King James Version (KJV)1 Thessalonians 3:12
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you:
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The Koran65:6
Lodge the divorced wherever ye lodge, according to your means; and distress them not by putting them to straits. And if they are pregnant, then be at charges for the them till they are delivered of their burden; and if they suckle your children, then pay them their hire and consult among yourselves, and act generously: And if herin ye meet with obstacles, then let another female suckle for him.
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Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)38:16
My son, shed tears over the dead, and begin to lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm, and according to judgment cover his body, and neglect not his burial.
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Book of MormonMormon 3:12
Behold, I had led them, notwithstanding their wickedness I had led them many times to battle, and had loved them, according to the love of God which was in me, with all my heart; and my soul had been poured out in prayer unto my God all the day long for them; nevertheless, it was without faith, because of the hardness of their hearts.
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Doctrine and Covenants38:24
And let every man esteem his brother as himself, and practice virtue and holiness before me.
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King James Version (KJV)1 Thessalonians 4:9
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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The Koran93:10
And as to him that asketh of thee, chide him not away.
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Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)12:3
For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.
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Book of MormonMosiah 18:21
And he commanded them that there should be no contention one with another, but that they should look forward with one eye, having one faith and one baptism, having their hearts knit together in unity and in love one towards another.
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Doctrine and Covenants83:6
And the storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the church; and widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor. Amen.
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King James Version (KJV)Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
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The Koran16:71
And God hath abounded to some of you more than to others in the supplies of life; yet they to whom He hath abounded, impart not thereof to the slaves whom their right hands possess, so that they may share alike. What! will they deny, then, that these boons are from God?
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Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)22:28
Keep fidelity with a friend in his poverty, that in his prosperity also thou mayst rejoice.
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Book of MormonMosiah 26:31
And ye shall also forgive one another your trespasses; for verily I say unto you, he that forgiveth not his neighbor’s trespasses when he says that he repents, the same hath brought himself under condemnation.
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Doctrine and Covenants98:43
And if he trespass against thee the third time, and repent not, thou shalt also forgive him.
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King James Version (KJV)Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.
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The Koran2:271
Give ye your alms openly? it is well. Do ye conceal them and give them to the poor? This, too, will be of advantage to you, and will do away your sins: and God is cognisant of your actions.
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Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)29:15
Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.
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Book of Mormon3 Nephi 18:32
Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out of your synagogues, or your places of worship, for unto such shall ye continue to minister; for ye know not but what they will return and repent, and come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I shall heal them; and ye shall be the means of bringing salvation unto them.
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Doctrine and Covenants109:50
Have mercy, O Lord, upon the wicked mob, who have driven thy people, that they may cease to spoil, that they may repent of their sins if repentance is to be found;
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King James Version (KJV)Deuteronomy 10:19
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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The Koran21:84
So we heard him, and lightened the burden of his woe; and we gave him back his family, and as many more with them,–a mercy from us, and a memorial for those who serve us.
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Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)35:4
He shall return thanks, that offereth fine flour: and he that doth mercy, offereth sacrifice.
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