10 Bible Verses about God's Mercy
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For he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
(for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.
he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!"
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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God's Mercy » Described as » Everlasting
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures.
God's Mercy » Should be » Magnified
Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures! Let Israel say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!" Let the family of Aaron say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!" read more.
Let the loyal followers of the Lord say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"
God's Mercy » Manifested » To repentant sinners
Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, "I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord." And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)
The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers."' So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.
God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for others
And all who will behave in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God.
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.
to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!
God's Mercy » Manifested » To returning backsliders
"Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, 'Come back to me, wayward Israel,' says the Lord. 'I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,' says the Lord. 'I will not be angry with you forever.
"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.
Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.
God's Mercy » Manifested » To whom he will
Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), 'You are my people!' And he will say, 'You are my God!'"
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
For he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
God's Mercy » Described as » Tender
Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner.
God's Mercy » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!
Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner.
God's Mercy » Described as » Manifold
Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.
Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.
God's Mercy » Manifested » To his people
He prayed: "O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.
Cry out, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge his servants' blood; he will take vengeance against his enemies, and make atonement for his land and people.
God's Mercy » Manifested » In long-suffering
Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
God's Mercy » Exemplified
When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.
Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I'll die.
God's Mercy » Described as » Great
The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.'
God's Mercy » Manifested » To the afflicted
Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.
God's Mercy » A ground of hope
The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.
O Israel, hope in the Lord, for the Lord exhibits loyal love, and is more than willing to deliver.
God's Mercy » Described as » High as heaven
For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
God's Mercy » Described as » Sure
You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.
Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
God's Mercy » Described as » Plenteous
The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.
Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
God's Mercy » Manifested » To them that fear him
But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,
God's Mercy » Described as » New » Every morning
God's Mercy » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him -- and not to him only, but also to me -- so that I would not have grief on top of grief.
God's Mercy » Exemplified » Paul
even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
God's Mercy » Described as » Rich
God's Mercy » Is part of his character
The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children's children, to the third and fourth generation."
God's Mercy » Described as » Filling the earth
God's Mercy » Typified » Mercy-seat
"You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.
God's Mercy » Described as » Over all his works
God's Mercy » Described as » Abundant
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
God's Mercy » Manifested » With everlasting kindness
In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you," says your protector, the Lord.
God's Mercy » Manifested » To the fatherless
Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!"
God's Mercy » Should be » Rejoiced in
I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.
God's Mercy » A ground of trust
But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love.
God's Mercy » Is his delight
There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.
God's Mercy » Manifested » In the sending of Christ
God's Mercy » Manifested » In salvation
he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for ourselves
Topics on God's Mercy
God's Mercy, Example Of
Genesis 19:16When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.
Receiving God's Mercy
Psalm 106:46He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.