Quotes about Empathy
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.
— Ezekiel 3:15
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
— Ezekiel 34:4
You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
— Obadiah 1:13
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
— Zechariah 7:9
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
— Zechariah 7:10
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.
— Matthew 4:24
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
— Matthew 5:7
But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
— Matthew 5:39
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
— Matthew 5:40
and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
— Matthew 5:41
“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
— Matthew 7:1
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
— Matthew 7:3