OLD TESTAMENT

DEUTERONOMY 13:17
Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then Adonai will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors.

DEUTERONOMY 28:54
The most tender-hearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children.

2 CHRONICLES 36:15
Adonai, the YHVH of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.

NEHEMIAH 13:22
Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the holiness of the Shabbat. Remember this good deed also, O my YHVH! Have compassion on me according to your great and unfailing love.

PSALMS 6:2
Have compassion on me, Adonai, for I am weak. Heal me, Adonai, for my body is in agony.

PSALMS 25:6
Remember, O Adonai, your unfailing love and compassion, which you have shown from long ages past.

PSALMS 51:1
Have mercy on me, O YHVH, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.

PSALMS 77:9
Has YHVH forgotten to be kind? Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude

PSALMS 103 :13
Adonai is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

PSALMS 112:4
When darkness overtakes the YHVHly, light will come bursting in. They are generous, compassionate, and righteous.

PSALMS 135:14
For Adonai will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.

PSALMS 145:9
Adonai is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.


ISAIAH 13:18
The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.

ISAIAH 30:18
But Adonai still waits for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For Adonai is a faithful YHVH. Blessed are those who wait for him to help them.

ISAIAH 49:13
Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For Adonai has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their sorrow.

ISAIAH 54:7 & 8
"For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. In a moment of anger, I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says Adonai, your Redeemer.

ISAIAH 63:15
Adonai, look down from heaven and see us from your holy, glorious home. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?

JEREMIAH 12:15
But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own inheritance.

JEREMIAH 13:14
I will smash them one against the other, even parents against children, says Adonai. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keeps me from destroying them.'"

JEREMIAH 21:7
And then, says Adonai, even after King Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in the city have survived war, famine, and disease, I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. He will slaughter them all without mercy, pity, or compassion.'

LAMENTATIONS 3:32
Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love.

HOSEA 2:19
I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.

HOSEA 11:8
"Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah and Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.

JONAH 4:2
So he complained to Adonai about it: "Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, Adonai? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you were a gracious and compassionate YHVH, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. I knew how easily you could cancel your plans for destroying these people.

MICAH 7:19
Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!

ZECHARIAH 11:5
The buyers will slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers will say, 'Praise Adonai, I am now rich!' Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.