Bible Verses About Compassion
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for compassion, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,188 votes, led by Ephesians 4:32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Compassion
Ephesians 4:32472 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Mark 6:34329 votes
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.
Colossians 3:12-13275 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
2 Corinthians 1:3-4253 votes
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Galatians 6:2228 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
1 Peter 3:8186 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 John 3:17178 votes
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?
Colossians 3:12162 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Matthew 14:14155 votes
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Genesis 6:6154 votes
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Matthew 9:36152 votes
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.
Psalms 103:13146 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Lamentations 3:22-23124 votes
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Psalms 86:15118 votes
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Romans 12:15118 votes
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Isaiah 30:18112 votes
And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Zechariah 7:9-1099 votes
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Isaiah 49:1591 votes
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.
Matthew 7:1-290 votes
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Hebrews 4:1590 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
2 Peter 3:990 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Isaiah 54:1087 votes
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1373 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Isaiah 49:15-1672 votes
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.
Exodus 33:1967 votes
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
What does the Bible say about compassion?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:32 on the subject of compassion. Across 7,188 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 6:34, Colossians 3:12-13, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.