40 Bible Verses about pity
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And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
And my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD that strikes.
You shall not yield unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Teacher, have mercy on us.
Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.
Therefore will I also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
You have covered with anger, and persecuted us: you have slain, you have not pitied.
And you shall consume all the people whom the LORD your God shall deliver you; your eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto you.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up.
And my eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
For thus says the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and released him, and forgave him the debt.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
And to the others he said in my hearing, Go you after him through the city, and kill: let not your eye spare, neither have you pity:
He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of harlotry.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:
He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his heart of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Reproach has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me.
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their heads.
But I had pity because of my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.
And often it has cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.
And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
From Thematic Bible
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders
You shall not yield unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
And you shall consume all the people whom the LORD your God shall deliver you; your eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto you.
And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by his private parts: Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.
Pity » Of God
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
Behold, we count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate, and of tender mercy.
Pity » Instances of » The master of the unforgiving servant
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and released him, and forgave him the debt.
Pity » Of jesus
And Jesus, when he came out, saw many 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.
Topics on Pity
Self Pity
Exodus 16:3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.