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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;"
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"
"And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you."
"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven 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."
"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd."
“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
"Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions 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?"
"He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy 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!
"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee."
"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."
"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."
"Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick."
"And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he 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."
"And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things."
"Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep."
"Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that 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."
"Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender 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."
"The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works."
"He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him."
"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again."
“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
"Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful."
"But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
"But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
"Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil 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.’"
"For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto 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?"
"But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?"
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible and the King James Version (both public domain), checked word for word against the full text. Updated October 2, 2026.
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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).
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