'Pity' in the Bible
But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.
And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.
And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.
And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.
And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.
And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.
And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.
I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;
And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.
For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.
And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.
But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.
I said before, and still say it before I come, as being present for the second time, though I am still away from you, to those who have done wrong before, and to all the others, that if I come again I will not have pity;
And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
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- Acts of Kindness
- Affection, Expressing
- Anger And Forgiveness
- Compassion
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- Compassion, Of Christ
- Crowds
- Gentleness
- God Showed Mercy
- God's attitude towards people