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This collection has 18 Bible verses about compassion — 5 from the Old Testament and 13 from the New Testament. Matthew appears most often (3 verses), across 16 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about compassion? Read 18 carefully selected Bible verses about compassion, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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"Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;"
"And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you."
"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd."
"“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother."
"He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"
"“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!"
"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, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."
"Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick."
"Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things."
"Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep."
"Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy."
"Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works."
"He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him."
"“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful."
"But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
"for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’"
"But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?"
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This collection has 18 Bible verses about compassion — 5 from the Old Testament and 13 from the New Testament. Matthew appears most often (3 verses), across 16 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about compassion? Read 18 carefully selected Bible verses about compassion, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
Colossians 3:12 — “Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;”
Ephesians 4:32 — “And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”
Matthew 9:36 — “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.”
Full collection: 18 verses on this page (28% Old Testament, 72% New Testament).
This page curates 18 verses about compassion from 16 books. Matthew is the most frequent source (3 verses). Scripture touches the theme in many places; these are the ones readers look up most often for study and encouragement.
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