'Compassion' in the Bible

When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.

opened it, and saw the child -- a boy, crying! -- and she felt compassion for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."

You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

She made a vow saying, "O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut."

Saul replied, "May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.

The Lord God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.

Please, O Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man." Now I was cupbearer for the king.

"Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.

"Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?"

Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

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

Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!

May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

Your compassion is great, O Lord. Revive me, as you typically do!

For the Lord vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants.

The Lord is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.

Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.

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.

The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

"For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you," says your protector, the Lord.

Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced," says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.

Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.

I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord's praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!

And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,' says the Lord."

"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!

Then I, the Lord, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.'

The Lord says, "I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.

Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!

I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.'

Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant.

I will commit myself to you forever; I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion.

Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!"

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

The angel of the Lord then asked, "Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?"

"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

"I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph and will bring them back because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them.

Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

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."

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be clean!"

As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

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."

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep."

But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.

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

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and you have seen the Lord's purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

But whoever has the world's possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?