Romans 12:15 Cross References

Romans 12:15

15: When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow.

If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.

Don't forget about those in prison. Suffer with them as though you were there yourself. Share the sorrow of those being mistreated, as though you feel their pain in your own bodies.

Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I even fasted and prayed for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.
I was sad, as though they were my friends or family, as if I were grieving for my own mother.

But even if my life is to be poured out like a drink offering to complete the sacrifice of your faithful service (that is, if I am to die for you), I will rejoice, and I want to share my joy with all of you.
And you should be happy about this and rejoice with me.

When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, he was moved with indignation and was deeply troubled.
"Where have you put him?" he asked them. They told him, "Lord, come and see."
Then Jesus wept.
The people who were standing nearby said, "See how much he loved him."

The word spread quickly to her neighbors and relatives that the Lord had been very kind to her, and everyone rejoiced with her.

When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

Oh, that my eyes were a fountain of tears; I would weep forever! I would sob day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered.

Three of Job's friends were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. When they heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him.

Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?

Now I am sending him home again, for he has been longing to see you, and he was very distressed that you heard he was ill.

"Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and mourn for her.
Delight in Jerusalem! Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother's generous breasts.
Peace and prosperity will overflow Jerusalem like a river," says the LORD. "The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and treated with love.
I will comfort you there as a child is comforted by its mother."
When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. Vigorous health will be yours! Everyone will see the good hand of the LORD on his people--and his anger against his enemies.

and many of the people had come to pay their respects and console Martha and Mary on their loss.

So I am all the more anxious to send him back to you, for I know you will be glad to see him, and that will lighten all my cares.

When he arrived and saw this proof of God's favor, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

That is why I wrote as I did in my last letter, so that when I do come, I will not be made sad by the very ones who ought to give me the greatest joy. Surely you know that my happiness depends on your happiness.

And then you would joyfully carry it home on your shoulders.
When you arrived, you would call together your friends and neighbors to rejoice with you because your lost sheep was found.
In the same way, heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!
"Or suppose a woman has ten valuable silver coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and look in every corner of the house and sweep every nook and cranny until she finds it?
And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors to rejoice with her because she has found her lost coin.

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