Empathy

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, — read the full passage →

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.

Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. — read the full passage →

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? — read the full passage →

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. — read the full passage →

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; — read the full passage →

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Howbeit ye did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. — read the full passage →

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

Jesus wept.

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any, — read the full passage →

For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;

And he came forth, and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, — read the full passage →

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. — read the full passage →

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, — read the full passage →

Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; — read the full passage →

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me. — read the full passage →

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people? — read the full passage →

And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him. — read the full passage →

He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep. — read the full passage →

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great multitude. — read the full passage →

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. — read the full passage →

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. — read the full passage →

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? — read the full passage →

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain; — read the full passage →

And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. — read the full passage →

But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth. — read the full passage →

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. — read the full passage →