Quotes about Compassion
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
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
— Exodus 32:14
Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
— Exodus 32:32
“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
— Exodus 33:19
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
— Exodus 34:6
You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
— Leviticus 19:10
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
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
— Leviticus 19:15
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
— Leviticus 19:17
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
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
— Leviticus 19:33
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