8 Bible Verses about Compassion, Examples Of
Most Relevant Verses
Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
When she opened it, she saw the child—a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew boys.”
“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.
As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.
Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so you also won’t be tempted.
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
