34 Bible Verses about empathy

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1 Samuel 23:21

Saul said, “May you be blessed of the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus says the Lord, “Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “My lovingkindness and compassion.

Mark 8:2

“I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.

Psalm 72:13

He will have compassion on the poor and needy,
And the lives of the needy he will save.

Jonah 4:11

Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

Exodus 2:6

When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

2 Timothy 1:16

The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;

Deuteronomy 28:54

The man who is refined and very delicate among you shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right and see;
For there is no one who regards me;
There is no escape for me;
No one cares for my soul.

Deuteronomy 13:17

Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,

Isaiah 59:21

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”

Exodus 2:11

Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

1 Chronicles 21:13

David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are very great. But do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

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