15 Bible Verses about Pitilessness

An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

This is what the Lord says: "Because Edom has committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.

But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person's offspring, they will not look with pity on children.

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.'

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.