34 Bible Verses about empathy

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Saul replied, "May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.

Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!

For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!"

He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

opened it, and saw the child -- a boy, crying! -- and she felt compassion for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

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

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.

Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and you have seen the Lord's purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

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

Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep."

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people.

David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!"

Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.