17 Bible Verses about empathy

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

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

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.

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

"So then the master pitied his slave, and let him go, and forgave him his debt.

He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is encompassed with moral weakness,

The Lord show mercy to the house hold of Onesiphorus; for many a time he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.

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

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Ever be bearing one another's burdens, and so be fulfilling the law of Christ.

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.

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

Remember we count those that were stedfast happy. You have heard of the stedfastness of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord with him, seen how the Lord is full of tenderness.

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

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,

A great crowd accompanied her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."