Topic

Gods Compassion

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Matthew 9:36

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.

Lamentations 3:22–23

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:12

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

Psalms 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Psalms 103:13

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

Isaiah 30:18

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.

2 Corinthians 1:3–4

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

Ephesians 4:32

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

1 Peter 3:8

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

Psalms 147:3

He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

Mark 6:34

And he came forth and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Luke 15:20

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.

1 John 3:17

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?

Psalms 78:38–39

But he, being merciful, forgave theiriniquity, and destroyedthemnot: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath. — read the full passage →

Exodus 33:19

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.

Isaiah 49:13

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.

Psalms 116:5

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

Hebrews 4:15

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.

Romans 12:15

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

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Matthew 14:14

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

Isaiah 49:15–16

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee. — read the full passage →

Zechariah 7:9–10

Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother; — read the full passage →

Psalms 51:1

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Galatians 6:2

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

Psalms 103:8

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

Micah 6:8

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?

2 Corinthians 1:2–4

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:12–13

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

Psalms 119:77

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

James 5:11

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.

Romans 5:6–9

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

Zechariah 10:6

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.

Exodus 34:6

And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;

Lamentations 3:32

For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

1 Peter 2:24

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

Zephaniah 3:17

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 7:12

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.

Psalms 111:4

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful.

Isaiah 63:7

I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Psalms 145:8

Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

Romans 9:15

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

Psalms 112:4

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He isgracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Matthew 7:1–2

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 4:10

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

2 Corinthians 1:3

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

Joel 2:13

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Psalms 119:156

Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

Zechariah 7:9

Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

Deuteronomy 13:17

And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

Exodus 3:7–8

And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; — read the full passage →

Luke 6:36

Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Isaiah 49:10

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.

Luke 7:13

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

Mark 1:41

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

Proverbs 14:21

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 19:17

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Psalms 78:38

But he, being merciful, forgave theiriniquity, and destroyedthemnot: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

Micah 7:19

He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Zechariah 7:8–10

And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, — read the full passage →

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

Luke 10:33

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

Psalms 145:8–9

Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:22–23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

Matthew 20:34

And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway they received their sight, and followed him.

Psalms 145:9

Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.

Nehemiah 9:17

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

Hebrews 10:34

For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.

Romans 12:20

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

John 16:33

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

2 Chronicles 30:9

For if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

Lamentations 3:22

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.

Exodus 34:6–7

And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:1

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

2 Corinthians 1:1–24

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia: — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

2 Kings 13:23

But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

Mark 8:2

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Corinthians 1:3–4

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Matthew 14:13–21

Now when Jesus heardit, he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities. — read the full passage →

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Isaiah 14:1

For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Luke 10:30–37

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 31:8–9

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. — read the full passage →

John 3:1–17:26

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

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;

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Psalms 23:6

Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

1 Kings 8:50

and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Psalms 140:12

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

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