40 Bible Verses about pity

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Deuteronomy 19:21

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

Romans 9:15

For he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

Psalm 106:46

He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.

Zechariah 11:6

Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land," says the Lord, "but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them."

Ezekiel 7:9

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you.

Deuteronomy 13:8

You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

Luke 17:13

raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them."

Lamentations 3:43

(Samek) You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

Ezekiel 7:4

My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord!

Jeremiah 16:5

"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!

Ezekiel 9:5

While I listened, he said to the others, "Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

Hosea 2:4

I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

Luke 18:38

So he called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Deuteronomy 19:13

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

Psalm 102:13

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

Mark 10:47

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Isaiah 13:18

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.

Ezekiel 9:10

But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done."

Ezekiel 36:21

I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

Mark 9:22

It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

Luke 18:13

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'

Hosea 1:7

But I will have pity on the nation of Judah. I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior's bow, by sword, by military victory, by chariot horses, or by chariots."

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Pity » Not to be shown to offenders

Deuteronomy 13:8

You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

Deuteronomy 19:13

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

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 19:21

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

Deuteronomy 25:11-12

If two men get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, then you must cut off her hand -- do not pity her.

Pity » Of God

Isaiah 63:9

Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.

Pity » Instances of » The master of the unforgiving servant

Pity » Of jesus

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Exodus 16:3

The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this desert to kill this whole assembly with hunger!"

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