20 Bible Verses about Mercifulness
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for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn't stir up all his wrath.
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, 'Return, you backsliding Israel,' says Yahweh; 'I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,' says Yahweh. 'I will not keep [anger] forever.
Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples: but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
"Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.
Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Armies, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'
His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him. He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.read more.
He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty. He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
David said to Gad, "I am in distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man."
and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;
Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
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Mercifulness » Of david
David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?"
David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?"
Mercifulness » Of Christ
But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."
Mercifulness » Of saul
Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel."
Mercifulness » of Elisha
He answered, "You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."
Mercifulness » Solomon
Solomon said, "If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of good example
By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of david
David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?"
David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?"
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of Christ
But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of saul
Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel."
Social duties » Mercifulness » of Elisha
He answered, "You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Solomon
Solomon said, "If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die."
