40 Bible Verses about pity
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He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:
And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.
And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah, and behold, I will deliver men, every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will render unto thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that it is I, Jehovah, that smite.
thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,
And they lifted up their voice saying, Jesus, Master, have compassion on us.
As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Weep not;
And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.
Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God will give up unto thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for that would be a snare unto thee.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!
And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
For thus saith Jehovah: Enter not into the house of wailing, neither go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, the loving-kindness and the tender mercies.
And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have pity.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.
Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.
a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;
He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.
And having heard that it was Jesus the Nazaraean, he began to cry out and to say, O Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me.
And their bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense their way upon their head.
But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations whither they went.
and often it has cast him both into fire and into waters that it might destroy him: but if thou couldst do anything, be moved with pity on us, and help us.
And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God; and I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, or by horses, or by horsemen.
And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
From Thematic Bible
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders
thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,
Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God will give up unto thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for that would be a snare unto thee.
And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts, thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare.
Pity » Of God
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.
Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.
Pity » Instances of » The master of the unforgiving servant
And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan.
Pity » Of jesus
And on leaving the ship Jesus saw a great crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
Topics on Pity
Self Pity
Exodus 16:3And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!