Quotes about Compassion
And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
— Exodus 23:3
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
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
— Exodus 23:6
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