49 Bible Verses about Mercy

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

O LORD, I have heard thy word and was afraid; O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the times; in the midst of the times make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and all thy people is given in reproach to all that are about us.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, reconcile me, a sinner.

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Go and proclaim these words toward the north wind and say, Return, thou rebellious Israel, said the LORD and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you; for I am merciful, said the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

keeping mercy for thousands, letting go of iniquity and rebellion and sin; and by no means will I absolve the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons and upon the sons' sons, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Because he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the man who is poor in spirit and destitute and broken in heart, that he might slay him.

Therefore sin is still in the one that knows to do good and does not do it.

Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard.

Ye have not strengthened the weak, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty ye have ruled them;

These are wells without water, clouds that are brought by a whirlwind, to whom gross darkness is reserved for ever.

The clouds poured out floods of waters; the heavens thundered; thy bolts of lightning also went forth.

LORD, when thou didst go out of Seir, when thou didst march out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped; the clouds also dropped water.

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of the one who is perfect in knowledge?

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

He has declared unto thee, O man, what is good and what the LORD requires of thee: only to do right judgment, and to love mercy, and to humble thyself to walk with thy God.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel man troubles his own flesh.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

For judgment without mercy shall be done unto the one that has shown no mercy; and mercy boasts against judgment.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. For I have all his ordinances before me and am attentive to his statutes; I will not depart from them. read more.
And I was perfect before him and have kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore, the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes. With the merciful thou art good, and with the perfect thou art upright.

Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with a perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

There are many sorrows for the wicked; but he that waits in the LORD, mercy shall compass him round about.

Sow yourselves unto righteousness, reap yourselves unto mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is the time to seek the LORD until he comes and teaches you righteousness.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

Jod All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.

(for the LORD thy God is a merciful God), he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them.

Then David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Therefore be thou converted unto thy God; keep mercy and judgment, and in thy God wait continually.

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? Shall I smite them? And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them; would thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and return to their master. And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

Therefore, if thine enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Clothed, therefore, (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) with bowels of mercies, with kindness, with humility, with meekness, with tolerance,

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion each one to his brother;

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Who is a God like unto thee that pardons iniquity, and passes over the rebellion with the remnant of his heritage? He did not retain his anger for ever because he delights in mercy.

And his mercy is on those that fear him from generation to generation.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,

Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows; thou hast given an inheritance to those that fear thy name. Thou wilt add days upon days unto the king's life; his years shall be from generation to generation. He shall abide before God for ever; He is aware of mercy and truth which preserve him.

I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee and am no longer worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

Sufficient to such a one is this reprehension, which was inflicted of many. So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with too much grief. Therefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your charity toward him.

Lamed The wicked borrows and does not repay: but the righteous shows mercy and gives.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes.

For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reaches unto the heavens.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children's children,

Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.

Of the Lord our God is the ability to have mercy and to forgive, even though we have rebelled against him

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongs mercy, for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, modest, benevolent, full of mercy and of good fruits, not judgmental, unfeigned.

Jod All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

He is ever merciful and lends, and his seed is a blessing.

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Therefore the earth shall mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall be cut off, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; and even the fishes of the sea shall be caught.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye sons of Israel; for the LORD contends with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the earth.

Chet It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed because his mercies never diminish. Chet They are new every morning; great is thy faith.

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast repaid me with good, whereas I have repaid thee with evil.

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave, and some bade me kill thee, but I forgave thee, and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed. Moreover, my father, see; see the skirt of thy robe is even in my hand, for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and did not kill thee, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou doest hunt my life to take it. The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee, but my hand shall not be upon thee. read more.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked, but my hand shall not be upon thee.

The righteous is merciful even unto his beast, but the piety of the wicked is cruel.

He that follows after righteousness and mercy shall find life, righteousness, and honour.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel man troubles his own flesh.

Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion each one to his brother;

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the tablet of thine heart:

he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, let him do it in simplicity; he that presides, in earnest care; he that shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy and gave him grace in the sight of the prince of the house of the prison. And the prince of the house of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. The prince of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.

And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go and do thou likewise.

And those of the house of Joseph put spies in Bethel (Now the name of the city before was Luz). And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go and all his family. read more.
And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and called the name of it Luz, which is its name unto this day.

Therefore be thou converted unto thy God; keep mercy and judgment, and in thy God wait continually.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in mercy, and he does repent of chastisement.

And Joshua gave Rahab, the harlot, her life and also to her father's household and to all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even unto this day because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall serve thee; for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my good favour I shall have mercy on thee.

Behold, as the eyes of slaves look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he shall have mercy upon us.