23 Bible Verses about Sympathy

Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, who ever comforts me in all my troubles, so that I may be continually able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which God is ever comforting me.

But the God who comforts the down-hearted comforted me by the coming of Titus,

Jesus burst into tears.

And when he saw the crowds he had compassion on them because they were distressed and fainting, like sheep without a shepherd.

Jesus, moved with compassion, put out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose, be clean!"

"The son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!'

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And might deliver those who through fear of death had been subject to life-long bondage. For assuredly it is not angels, nay, it is the offspring of Abraham, whom he is ever taking by the hand.read more.
And so it was necessary that he should in all points be made like his brothers, so that he might become a compassionate and faithful high priest, in all that relates to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For inasmuch as he himself has suffered, being tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away; so a number of the Jews had gone to Martha and Mary to sympathize with them concerning their brother.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

who ever comforts me in all my troubles, so that I may be continually able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which God is ever comforting me. For just as I have more than my share in the sufferings of the Christ, so also through the Christ I have more than my share of comfort. If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort?? comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring.read more.
My hope for you is firm; for I know that as you are comrades in my sufferings, so also are you comrades in my comfort.

so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, but I burn with indignation?

It is but just that I should be thus mindful of you all, because I have you in my heart, and because in these fetters of mine and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel you are all my fellow partners in the privilege.

If then there is any comfort in Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any companionship of the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,

Notwithstanding, you have acted nobly in making yourselves comrades in my trouble.

Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper;

You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children, exhorting and imploring and adjuring each one among you to lead a life worthy of the God who called you into his own kingdom and glory.

A widow, to be placed upon the list, must be not less than sixty years old, and one who has been the wife of but one husband. She must be well reputed for good works, as one who has brought up a family, received strangers with hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the distressed, and diligently followed every good work.

For you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you did take joyfully the confiscation of your goods; conscious that you had for yourselves greater, even lasting possessions.

Remember those who are in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners; remember too, those who are being ill-treated, since you too, are in the body.

"'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?'