Quotes About Compassion

They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widowís heart sing for joy.

I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widowís eyes to fail,

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my motherís womb I guided the widow—

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

If I have rejoiced in my enemyís ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,