Bible Verses About Sympathy

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

When they casttheedown, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: