Compassion
Having a heart of mercy for those in need
Genesis 1:25
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Read commentary →Genesis 6:14
Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
Read commentary →Genesis 6:20
Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
Read commentary →Genesis 7:15
They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
Read commentary →Exodus 1:22
Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."
Read commentary →Exodus 2:3
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
Read commentary →Exodus 4:9
It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."
Read commentary →Exodus 4:14
The anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Read commentary →Exodus 4:27
The Lord said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
Read commentary →Exodus 7:17
Thus says the Lord, "In this you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:22
I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:4
The Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"
Read commentary →Exodus 9:26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
Read commentary →2 Kings 2:6
Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." They both went on.
Read commentary →Esther 2:9
The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king's house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women's house.
Read commentary →Esther 2:10
Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
Read commentary →Esther 2:20
Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.
Read commentary →Proverbs 2:9
Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:3
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:9
Unless the Lord of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.
Read commentary →Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the Lord's anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
Read commentary →Isaiah 6:13
If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock."
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:2
It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:3
Then the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field.
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
Read commentary →Isaiah 8:18
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:16
For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 6:23
They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.'"
Read commentary →Daniel 1:9
Now God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
Read commentary →Hosea 1:6
She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
Read commentary →Hosea 1:7
But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."
Read commentary →Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.
Read commentary →Hosea 8:5
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
Read commentary →Micah 7:19
He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Read commentary →Habakkuk 3:2
Lord, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
Read commentary →Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel of the Lord replied, "O Lord of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?"
Read commentary →Matthew 2:4
And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.
Read commentary →Matthew 2:13
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
Read commentary →Matthew 6:2
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from people. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:5
"And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:13
"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:2
And behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
Read commentary →Matthew 8:3
And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:10
And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Truly I tell you, I have not found so great a faith with anyone in Israel.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:15
So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:27
And as Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"
Read commentary →Matthew 9:28
And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
Read commentary →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.
Read commentary →Mark 1:41
Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean."
Read commentary →Mark 6:6
And He marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.
Read commentary →Mark 6:7
And he called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
Read commentary →Mark 7:18
He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
Read commentary →Mark 9:22
Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
Read commentary →Luke 1:61
They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."
Read commentary →Luke 2:18
All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
Read commentary →Luke 2:33
And his father and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,
Read commentary →Luke 2:34
and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
Read commentary →Luke 6:39
He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
Read commentary →Luke 7:13
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Do not cry."
Read commentary →Luke 7:22
Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
Read commentary →John 3:10
Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?
Read commentary →John 9:30
The man answered them, "How amazing! You do not know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
Read commentary →Acts 7:19
The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they would not stay alive.
Read commentary →Titus 3:4
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
Read commentary →James 3:7
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
Read commentary →1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,
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