100 Bible Verses about Empathy
Want to know what the Bible says about Empathy? Here are 100 Bible verses about Empathy from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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1 John 3:16 NIV
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
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Isaiah 66:13 NIV
As a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you;
and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
so will I comfort you;
and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
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Matthew 22:39 NIV
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
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Philippians 2:2-4 NIV
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
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Colossians 3:12-14 NIV
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
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Proverbs 21:13 NIV
Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
will also cry out and not be answered.
will also cry out and not be answered.
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Job 2:11 NIV
When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
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1 Peter 4:8 NIV
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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Psalm 103:13-14 NIV
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
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2 Corinthians 1:3 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
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