Bible Verses About Sympathy

Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz, the Themanite, and Baldad, the Suhite, and Sophar, the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him.

And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out, they wept, and rending their garments, they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

And they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.

He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.

For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration:

Fulfil ye my joy, that you be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.

Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep one's self unspotted from this world.

And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble: