100 Bible Verses About Empathy

And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.