40 Bible Verses about pity

He will have compassion on the poor and needy,
And the lives of the needy he will save.

Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity.

For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

He also made them objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.

For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord; “but behold, I will cause the men to fall, each into another’s power and into the power of his king; and they will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.”

My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the Lord, do the smiting.

you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.

and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.

When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, “Do not weep.”

Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them.”

You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and have not spared.

You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.

For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the Lord!’

For thus says the Lord, “Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “My lovingkindness and compassion.

And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.

If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.

But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.

Then the Lord will be zealous for His land
And will have pity on His people.

“Also, I will have no compassion on her children,
Because they are children of harlotry.

“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me.

a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his good deed.

And he called out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

You shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion;
For it is time to be gracious to her,
For the appointed time has come.

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And their bows will mow down the young men,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their eye pity children.

But as for Me, My eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but I will bring their conduct upon their heads.”

But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.”

So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.