Quotes About Compassion

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.

The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.