45 Bible Verses about Mercy

Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.

O Lord, because of your righteousness, let your wrath and your passion be turned away from your town Jerusalem, your holy mountain: because, through our sins and the evil-doing of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a cause of shame to all who are round about us.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.

The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.

Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him. For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God. For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me. read more.
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin. Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace. They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword? But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master. So he made ready a great feast for them, and when they had had food and drink, he sent them away and they went back to their master. And no more bands of Aramaeans came into the land of Israel.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head. Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.

His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name. You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations. May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants. And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him; So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great. For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: give me knowledge of your rules.

But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;

Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.

It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit. They are new every morning; great is your good faith.

And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil. And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it. May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you. read more.
There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend. And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there. And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.

And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.) And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you. So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe. read more.
And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.

But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.

And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.