- Exodus 22:27b NIV
When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. - Exodus 33:19 NIV
And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. - Exodus 34:6 NIV
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness - Deuteronomy 13:17 NIV
and none of the condemned things are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger, will show you mercy, and will have compassion on you. He will increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your ancestors— - Deuteronomy 30:3 NIV
then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. - 2 Kings 13:23 NIV
But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence. - 2 Chronicles 30:9 NIV
If you return to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.” - Nehemiah 9:17 NIV
They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, - Nehemiah 9:19 NIV
Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take - Psalm 51:1 NIV
- Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
- Psalm 86:15 NIV
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. - Psalm 90:13 NIV
Relent, Lord! How long will it be?
Have compassion on your servants. - Psalm 102:13 NIV
You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her;
the appointed time has come. - Psalm 103:4 NIV
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion - Psalm 103:8 NIV
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love - Psalm 103:13 NIV
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; - Psalm 111:4 NIV
He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate. - Psalm 112:4 NIV
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous. - Psalm 116:5 NIV
The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion. - Psalm 119:77 NIV
Let your compassion come to me that I may live,
for your law is my delight. - Psalm 119:156 NIV
Your compassion, Lord, is great;
preserve my life according to your laws. - Psalm 135:14 NIV
For the Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants. - Psalm 145:8-9 NIV
The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in love.
9 The Lord is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made. - Isaiah 14:1 NIV
The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob. - Isaiah 30:18 NIV
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him! - Isaiah 49:10 NIV
They will neither hunger nor thirst,
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.
He who has compassion on them will guide them
and lead them beside springs of water. - Isaiah 49:13 NIV
Shout for joy, you heavens;
rejoice, you earth;
burst into song, you mountains!
For the Lord comforts his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. - Isaiah 49:15 NIV
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you! - Isaiah 51:3 NIV
The Lord will surely comfort Zion
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
he will make her deserts like Eden,
her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the sound of singing. - Isaiah 54:7-10 NIV
“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again./
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you. - Isaiah 60:10 NIV
“Foreigners will rebuild your walls,
and their kings will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
in favor I will show you compassion. - Isaiah 63:7 NIV
I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us— yes, the many good things he has done for Israel, according to hiscompassion and many kindnesses. - Jeremiah 12:15 NIV
But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. - Jeremiah 31:20 NIV
Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion for him,”
declares the Lord. - Jeremiah 42:12 NIV
I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.’ - Lamentations 3:22 NIV
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. - Lamentations 3:32 NIV
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love. - Ezekiel 39:25 NIV
Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[a] and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. - Hosea 2:19 NIV
I will betroth you to me forever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion. - Joel 2:13 NIV
Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity. - Jonah 4:2 NIV
He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. - Micah 7:19 NIV
You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. - Zechariah 7:9 NIV
This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. - Zechariah 10:6 NIV
I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them. - Malachi 3:17 NIV
“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him. - Matthew 9:36 ESV
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. - Matthew 14:14 ESV
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. - Matthew 20:34 NIV
Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him. - Mark 6:34 ESV
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. - Luke 7:13-15 ESV
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her,“Do not weep.” 14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. - Luke 15:20 NIV
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. - Romans 9:15 NIV
For he says to Moses,“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” - 2 Corinthians 1:3 NIV
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, - Ephesians 4:23 NIV
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. - Philippians 2:1-2 NIV
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. - Colossians 3:12-13 ESV
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other;as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. - James 5:11 NIV
As you know, we count as 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. - 1 Peter 3:8 NIV
Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble
Heather C. King - Room to Breathe 