The best Bible verses for compassion include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for compassion, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Look down from heaven and see from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us."Isaiah 63:15
"Look down from heaven and see from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us."Isaiah 63:15
"As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy."James 5:11
"But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to his own inheritance and his own country."Jeremiah 12:15
"I will smash them one against the other, fathers and sons alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity or mercy or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’”"Jeremiah 13:14
"You have rejected me,” declares the Lord. “You keep on backsliding. So I will lay hands on you and destroy you; I can no longer show compassion."Jeremiah 15:6
"“This is what the Lord says: “‘I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place."Jeremiah 30:18
"I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.’"Jeremiah 42:12
"With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed."Lamentations 4:10
"So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him."Luke 15:20
"Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”"Mark 1:41
"When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things."Mark 6:34
"“I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat."Mark 8:2
"When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."Matthew 9:36
"When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick."Matthew 14:14
Scripture returns to compassion often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for compassion are Isaiah 63:15, James 5:11, Jeremiah 12:15. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to compassion across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for compassion, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.