Bible Verses About Empathy

"Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."

"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."

"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

"Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous."

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering."

"Jesus wept."

"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd."

"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them."

"Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."

What does the Bible say about empathy?

The Bible commands believers to 'rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep' (Romans 12:15) and to 'bear one another's burdens' (Galatians 6:2). Jesus modeled perfect empathy through His compassion, tears, and incarnation.

Is Jesus empathetic?

Yes. Hebrews 4:15 says Jesus can be 'touched with the feeling of our infirmities.' He wept at Lazarus' tomb (John 11:35), was moved with compassion for crowds (Matthew 9:36), and experienced every human emotion during His earthly life.