Quotes About Empathy

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his masterís house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

If you encounter your enemyís stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

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.

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.

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

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.

So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

If you see your brotherís ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

If you see your brotherís donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor manís lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.

So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,

When Estherís maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.