39 Bible Verses about Affection, Expressing

And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you,

For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open.

You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.

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

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her son, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death." But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him."

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.

My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns; my bile is poured out to the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and babies faint in the streets of the city.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. What then has become of the blessing you felt? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me.

I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.

I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain. Brothers,I entreat you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong.

I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.

This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,