History Heartwarming / TheBible

** Additionally, Job gets twice as much stuff as before. He accumulates twice as many sheep, camels, oxen, donkeys... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers but the same amount of children]]. Seems odd, [[FridgeBrilliance until you consider: this implies that Job does, in fact, have twice as many children.]] His first set of children are still living... [[{{Heaven}} with God.]] Kind of corny, but still something sweet to chew on.

** According to Matthew and Mark's accounts, both criminals insulted Jesus, while Luke says the "good" criminal defended him. While this seems contradictory at first, if you take all three accounts as [[IncrediblyLamePun gospel]], then this "good" criminal initially criticized Jesus. However, he eventually [[HeelRealization realized he was in the wrong]] ''while hanging on the cross'', and subsequently defended Jesus. ''And Jesus still forgave him!'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Last-minute redemption]], indeed.

!!Books with their own pages

* Genesis 23. Abraham's wife, Sarah has died. Abraham asks the people of the land they've been living in for years, the Hittites, if he can buy some land to bury his wife in. The Hittites as a whole tell him, paraphrased, "You're basically a prince among us. You can have whatever land you want, free of charge." And Abraham ''insists'' on paying for the land.

** Going back a bit to when the brothers first plotted to kill Joseph, Reuben's actions. When he hears about his brother's plans, he immediately intercedes and talks them down to just imprisoning Joseph in an empty cistern. He then goes to tend his duties to keep up appearances but has the express intention of secretly freeing Joseph later. When he returns to set Joseph free, however, and finds that his brothers sold Joseph into slavery, he is very upset. Not just a little sad, he is stated to be so overcome with grief that he tears his own clothes. Whether or not he was motivated by fear of repercussions or that he truly loved Joseph enough to go behind his brother's backs, it stands to mention that Reuben saved Joseph's life, and was intending to save him fully from his brother's clutches the second he could.

* Jeremiah 30-33. Most of the book of Jeremiah is concerned with the apostasy of the Hebrews and the consequent judgment from God. Chapters 30-33, on the other hand, foretell the future restoration of Israel. To illustrate his point, Jeremiah buys a field from his cousin while the Chaldeans are besieging Jerusalem. The passages are often understood to have a triple meaning-the return of the Jews to the region of the old kingdom of Judah in 538 BC, the founding of the present-day State of Israel in 1948, and the final reconciliation of Israel to God in the last days.
* In the Book of Jonah, God sends Jonah to Nineveh to foretell their destruction due to their living in sin. When the king hears this news, he immediately repents as do the rest of the citizens who put on sackcloths as a sign of their sorriness. God, seeing their HeelFaceTurn, decides to spare the city but Jonah is angry and adamant that the city be destroyed. While taking shelter from the heat under a tree, God sends a worm to kill it, which depresses him. God then delivers this line to a sulking Jonah: "You cared about a tree which grew overnight and died overnight, and which you did not work to grow. And should I not care about Nineveh, which has thousands of people who do not yet know their right from their left, and also much cattle!" Its quite touching in that God shows compassion towards a people other than the Israelites along with the animals in the city. The book is also one of the few books in the Bible that doesn't have anyone die.
* David and Jonathan's friendship. Jonathan is supposed to be King Saul's heir, but the prophet Samuel told Saul otherwise due to not following God and his instructions. And then David is now going to be king, especially with one great achievement of defeating Goliath. Jonathan, instead of being jealous of David, is happy for the lad; he loved him "as his own soul" to the point that he removed his robe and gave it to David, and even his garments ''and his weapons, too''. Such friendship let Jonathan save the little lad from Saul's jealousy.
* The Book of Job:

* Read the Song of Songs sometime. It is quite possibly the most wonderful and heartwarming love poetry in existence; prose, but not purple, stirring but not cliched. And, somehow, reading it is like intruding on something private and sacred...
* Pretty much the entire Literature/BookOfRuth, implications of LesYay aside, it features three truly kind people, and they all get a happy end.
** "Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me."

* While Ecclesiastes can be rather nihilistic, the assurance that "To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" can be quite a comfort indeed.
** It is also good to know that even someone like the [[TheEeyore the Teacher]] found some closure for his long and worrisome life.

* The beginning of Isaiah 43: "But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you."

* Simeon being able to meet Jesus as a baby before he dies. The Bible says that, ''Then he took him up in his arms , and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, While thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.'' (John 2: 28-32). Not only does the guy get to die happy, but he also foretells the hope that Jesus will bring to God's people.

* David and Jonathan, anyone?

* And speaking of faith, there's the Roman centurion who had so much faith in Jesus that he he didn't even need to bring Jesus to cure his ailing servant, but knew that Jesus simply saying the word would make it so. Jesus was utterly amazed at his faith and healed the servant as the centurion had asked.

* In the Book of Jonah, God sends Jonah to Nineveh to foretell their destruction due to their living in sin. When the king hears this news, he immediately repents as do the rest of the citizens who put on sackcloths as a sign of their sorriness. God, seeing their HeelFaceTurn, decides to spare the city but Jonah is angry and adamant that the city be destroyed. While taking shelter from the heat under a tree, God sends a worm to kill it, which depresses him. God then delivers this line to a sulking Jonah: "You cared about a tree which grew overnight and died overnight, and which you did not work to grow. And should I not care about Nineveh, which has thousands of people who do not yet know their right from their left, and also much cattle!" Here the story shifts away from the Old Testament image of a destructive, vengeful God and foretells the image of the patient, forgiving, loving God of the New Testament. Its quite touching in that God shows compassion towards a people other than the Israelites along with the animals in the city. The book is also one of the few books in the Bible that doesn't have anyone die.

* "Doubting" Thomas, the token skeptic among the Apostles, refuses to believe in Jesus's Resurrection until he actually sees Him and touches Him. Rather than admonish him for his lack of faith, Jesus simply appears to him and invites him to touch His body and examine His wounds. Thomas's skepticism is treated as a perfectly understandable thing, and Jesus does not hesitate to provide proof that his faith is justified. And Thomas does not hesitate to acknowledge Jesus as his Lord and God once he has that proof.
** "You believe now that you have seen. Blessed are they who have not seen yet still believe."

** The 'good criminal' asked for Jesus to remember him. Wether he went to Heaven depends on your religion, but one thing is for certain: Though his exact name is unknown [[note]]Some texts call him Saint Dismas, meaning that he was not only forgiven by Jesus, but canonized as a saint[[/note]], ''2000 years later'' he is still remembered as a good and penitent man.