925 verses about Compassion

My son, deprive not the poor of his living, And make not the needy eyes to wait long.

Make not a hungry soul sorrowful; Neither provoke a man in his distress.

To a heart that is provoked add not more trouble; And defer not to give to him that is in need.

Reject not a suppliant in his affliction; And turn not away your face from a poor man.

Turn not away your eye from one that asks of you, And give none occasion to a man to curse you:

For if he curse you in the bitterness of his soul, He that made him will hear his supplication.

Incline your ear to a poor man, And answer him with peaceful words in meekness.

Deliver him that is wronged from the hand of him that wrongeth him; And be not faint-hearted in giving judgement.

And say not, His compassion is great; He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: For mercy and wrath are with him, And his indignation will rest upon sinners.

Be not faint-hearted in your prayer; And neglect not to give alms.

Laugh not a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul; For there is one who humbles and exalts.

Also to the poor man stretch out your hand, That your blessing may be perfected.

Be not lacking to those who weep; And mourn with those who mourn.

Be not slow to visit a sick man; For by such things you will gain love.

Reproach not a man when he turns from sin: Remember that we are all worthy of punishment.

Dishonour not a man in his old age; For some of us also are waxing old.

There is one that is sluggish, and has need of help, Lacking in strength, and that abounds in poverty; And the eyes of the Lord looked upon him for good, And he set him up from his low estate,

Give to the godly man, And help not the sinner.

With him the alms of a man is as a signet; And he will keep the bounty of a man as the apple of the eye.

For this cause the Lord was longsuffering over them, And poured out his mercy upon them.

The mercy of a man is upon his neighbor; But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh; Reproving, and chastening, and teaching, And bringing again, as a shepherd does his flock.

He has mercy on those who accept chastening, And that diligently seek after his judgements.

Gain trust with your neighbor in his poverty, That in his prosperity you may have gladness: Abide stedfast to him in the time of his affliction, That you may be heir with him in his inheritance.

I will not be ashamed to shelter a friend; And I will not hide myself from his face:

Upon a man like himself he has no mercy; And does he make supplication for his own sins?

He that shows mercy will lend to his neighbor; And he that strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.

Howbeit with a man in poor estate be longsuffering; And let him not wait for your alms.

Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake; And according to his need send him not empty away.

Help your neighbor according to your power, And take heed to yourself that you fall not to the same.

Consider your neighbor’s liking by your own; And be discreet in every point.

Rebuke not your neighbor at a banquet of wine, Neither set him at nothing in his mirth: Speak not to him a word of reproach, And press not upon him by asking back a debt.

If you have a servant, let him be as yourself, Because you have bought him with blood.

If you have a servant, treat him as yourself; For as your own soul will you have need of him: If you treat him ill, and he depart and run away, Which way will you go to seek him?

The bread of the needy is the life of the poor: He that depriveth him thereof is a man of blood.

He will in no wise despise the supplication of the fatherless; Nor the widow, when she pours out her tale.

Do not the tears of the widow run down her cheek? And is not her cry against him that has caused them to fall?

Mercy is seasonable in the time of his afflicting them, As clouds of rain in the time of drought.

Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of your rest.

Brethren and succour are for a time of affliction; And almsgiving is a deliverer above both.

And he brought out of him a man of mercy, Which found favor in the sight of all flesh; A man beloved of God and men, even Moses, Whose memorial is blessed.

For he has brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.

Therefore her friends and all that saw her wept.

And the congregation was gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask for mercy and compassion.

Now when Judas and the people heard these words, there assembled together a great congregation, to consult what they should do for their kindred, that were in tribulation, and were assaulted of them.

Then it would have pitied a man to see the multitude prostrating themselves all mingled together, and the expectation of the high priest in his sore distress.

Antiochus therefore was heartily sorry, and was moved to pity, and wept, because of the sober and well ordered life of him that was dead;

And they called upon the Lord, beseeching him to look upon the people that was oppressed by all; and to have compassion on the sanctuary also that had been profaned by the ungodly men;

and to have pity on the city also that was suffering ruin and ready to be made even even with the ground; and to hearken to the blood that cried to him;

And when they had accomplished these things, and had made a common supplication, they implored the merciful Lord to be wholly reconciled with his servants.

For I am persuaded that he in gentleness and kindness will follow my purpose and treat you with indulgence.

But when Judas heard of the cruelty done to his fellow-countrymen, giving command to the men that were with him

But when the Jews that were settled there testified of the good will that the Scythopolitans had shewn toward them, and of their kindly bearing toward them in the times of their misfortune,

showed kindness and graciously received Maccabaeus, left Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais even to the Gerrenians,

first for the unfeigned care I have for the things that concern the king, and secondly because I have regard also to my own fellow-citizens: for, through the unadvised dealing of those of whom I spoke before, our whole race is in no small misfortune.

And the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he had compassion on them and on his dwelling place.

And I also do command to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of Judea, till the house of the Lord be finished:

go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing;

Then they went their way, every one to eat and drink, and make merry, and to give portions to those who had nothing, and to make great cheer;

for you are the Lord Most High, of great compassion, longsuffering and abundant in mercy, and repent of bringing evils upon men.

Blot out our iniquities, and do away with our errors, and show forth your compassion in this hour.

Nor was this unexpected uproar and sudden conflux of people unobserved by the Greeks who lived in the city, concerning men who had never harmed them: yet to aid them was not in their power, since all was oppression around; but they encouraged them in their troubles, and expected a favourable turn of affairs:

Some of the neighbors, friends, and fellow dealers of the Jews, even called them secretly to an interview, pledged them their assistance, and promised to do their very utmost for them.

we resolved, not with strength of spear, but with gentleness and much humanity, as it were to nurse the inhabitants of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, and to be their willing benefactors.

We then, having endeavoured to make allowance for the madness of these persons, and on our victorious return treating all people in Egypt courteously, acted in a manner which was befitting.

They were sent out unanimously by the generals in the several cities, with such stern and pitiless feeling, that the exceptional nature of the infliction moved even some of their enemies. These, influenced by sentiments of common humanity, and reflecting upon the uncertain issue of life, shed tears at this their miserable expulsion.

When this was done, the king, hearing that their kindred in the city often went out and lamented the melancholy distress of these victims,

The whole band of infants and their parents with tears beseech you.

The king’s wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations.

For when he heard the cry, and saw them all on the verge of destruction, with tears he angrily threatened his friends, saying,

I had pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna for food; you⌃ did eat angels’ bread.

Do right to the widow, judge the fatherless, give to the poor, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,

heal the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, defend the maimed, and let the blind man come to the sight of my glory.

Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim mercy to them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.

Up then, and eat some bread, and forsake us not, as the shepherd that leaves in the hands of cruel wolves.

And the Most High shall be revealed upon the seat of judgement, and compassion shall pass away, and longsuffering shall be withdrawn:

and compassionate, in that he has compassion upon those that turn to his law;

and of great mercy, for that he multiplies more and more mercies to those who are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come;

Now therefore I will speak; touching man in general, you know best; but touching your people will I speak, for whose sake I am sorry;

and for your inheritance, for whose cause I mourn; and for Israel, for whom I am heavy; and for the seed of Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled;

Take you no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts; but love those who have always put their trust in your glory.

Be not angry with us, but spare your people, and have mercy upon your inheritance; for you have mercy upon your own creation.

Do not so, but suffer yourself to be prevailed on by reason of the adversities of Sion; and be comforted by reason of the sorrow of Jerusalem.

The woman which appeared to you a little while ago, whom you saw mourning, and began to comfort her:

And, behold, you saw her likeness, how she mourned for her son, and you began to comfort her for what has befallen her; these were the things to be opened to you.

It allows not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserves it from the destroyers, and collects their fallen ruins.

and, reverencing my kindly admonition, have pity upon your own years?

I will not so compassionate my old age, as on my account to break the law of my country.

Wherefore, partly in pity for his old age,

partly from the sympathy of acquaintance, and partly in admiration of his endurance, some of the attendants of the king said,

Be merciful to your people, and be satisfied with the punishment of me on their account.

Have mercy, then, upon your own selves, whom I, although an enemy, compassionate for your age and comeliness.

Let us have compassion upon our age and relent over the years of our mother.

whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his kindred,

For a like ardour for what is right and honorable increased their fellow-feeling towards each other.

And consider how comprehensive is the love of offspring, which draws every one to sympathy of affection,

where irrational animals possess a similar sympathy and love for their offspring with men.

And if not able to do this, they fly circling round them in agony of affection, calling out in their own note, and save their offspring in whatever manner they are able.

But why should we point attention to the sympathy toward children shewn by irrational animals?

But sympathy with her children did not turn away the mother of the young men, who had a spirit kindred with that of Abraham.

and through her many pains undergone in connection with each one, was compelled to feel sympathy with them;