Quotes about Empathy
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
— Exodus 23:4
If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
— Exodus 23:5
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
— Exodus 23:9
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
— Exodus 23:9
You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:14
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:18
You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
— Leviticus 19:34
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
— Leviticus 25:35
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
— Deuteronomy 10:18
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
— Deuteronomy 10:19
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
— Deuteronomy 15:7
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
— Deuteronomy 15:8