Bible Verses About Empathy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for empathy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,821 votes, led by Romans 12:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Empathy
Romans 12:15628 votes
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
1 Peter 3:8488 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Ephesians 4:32438 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 7:12354 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
John 15:12283 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Galatians 6:2276 votes
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:26244 votes
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Colossians 3:12225 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Ephesians 4:29222 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
John 11:33-35200 votes
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
Philippians 2:3190 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Hebrews 4:15177 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 Corinthians 1:3-4158 votes
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Matthew 9:36145 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.
Hebrews 4:14-16142 votes
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Luke 7:36-50132 votes
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
Psalms 139:21-22117 votes
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
John 13:34-35117 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Hebrews 13:3112 votes
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Psalms 56:8105 votes
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Psalms 1:1103 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Jeremiah 15:17102 votes
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
1 Peter 5:7101 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Romans 15:198 votes
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 12:25-2693 votes
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
What does the Bible say about empathy?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:15 on the subject of empathy. Across 9,821 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:8, Ephesians 4:32, Matthew 7:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.