40 Bible Verses about pity

He will have pity on the poor and helpless
and save the lives of the poor.

You must not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

you are to cut off her hand. You must not show pity.

For He tells Moses:

I will show mercy
to whom I will show mercy,
and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion.

He caused them to be pitied
before all their captors.

Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”

I will not look on you with pity or spare you.
I will punish you for your ways
and for your detestable practices within you.
Then you will know
that it is I, Yahweh, who strikes.

you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

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

As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.

When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Don’t cry.”

Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they cry out in My ears with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”

ס SamekYou have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us;
You have killed without compassion.

You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.

I will not look on you with pity or spare you,
but I will punish you for your ways
and for your detestable practices within you.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”

“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathize with them, for I have removed My peace from these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“as well as My faithful love and compassion.

Then the master of that slave had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.

If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.

He spoke as I listened to the others, “Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!

Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.

Then the Lord became jealous for His land and spared His people.

I will have no compassion on her children
because they are the children of promiscuity.

Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
for God’s hand has struck me.

a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,
and He will give a reward to the lender.

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

If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need—how can God’s love reside in him?

You must not look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper.

Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.

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

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

Their bows will cut young men to pieces.
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.

But as for Me, I will not show pity or spare them. I will bring their actions down on their own heads.”

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

“And many times it has thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

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

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.