Bible verses about Compassion

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1 Bible verses about Compassion 1. Mark 6:34 When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. 2. Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 3. Matthew 7:1-2 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 4. Matthew 7:12 So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 5. Matthew 9:36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 6. Matthew 14:14 When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd. He felt sorry for them and healed everyone who was sick. 7. Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came up and said to him, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times? Jesus said to him, I do not say to you seven times, but seventy- seven times. 8. Nehemiah 9:19 Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not cease to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take." 9. Romans 8:1 If you belong to Christ Jesus, you won t be punished. 10. Romans 9:15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

2 11. Romans 12:20 The Scriptures also say, If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads. 12. Colossians 3:12-13 Put on then, as God s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God Corinthians 30:9 If you return to the LORD, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. 15. Philippians 2:1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion 16. Psalms 78:38 Yet God was kind. He kept forgiving their sins and didn t destroy them. He often became angry, but never lost his temper. 17. Pslams 103:4 Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion 18. Psalms 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him 19. Psalms 111:4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate 20. Psalms 112:4 Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous

3 21. Pslams 116:5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion 22. Pslams 119:77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight 23. Psalms 145:9 The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made 24. Proverbs 31:6-7 Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to him whose life is bitter. Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his trouble no more Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God s varied grace: Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 28. Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another,forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. 29. Galatians 6:2 Share each other s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. 30. Jeremiah 1:5 Jeremiah, I am your Creator, and before you were born, I chose you to speak for me to the nations. 31. Jeremiah 12:15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. 32. John 16:33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world

4 33. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness John 3:17 If any one of you has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in you? 35. James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. 36. James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 37. James 5:11 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassionand mercy 38. Lamentations 3:22-23 The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning 39. Titus 2:4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 40. Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 41. Deuteronomy 13:17 None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands, so that the LORD will turn from his fierce anger; he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your ancestors 42. Deuteronomy 16:17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you Kings13:23 But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence.

5 44. Exodus 33:19 And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion 45. Hosea 2:19 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion 46. Isaiah 49:13 Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted one 47. Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven and see, from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us 48. Zechariah 7:9 This is what the LORD Almighty said: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.