49 Bible Verses about Mercy

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

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.

keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.

These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.

"Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.

Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I did not depart from them. read more.
I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself 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 enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

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.

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."

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, "My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?" 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." He prepared great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.

Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head." Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. You will prolong the king's life; his years shall be for generations. He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."' "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far 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 punishment which was inflicted by the many; so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow. Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TET

For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

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 land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.

Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

[It is of] Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.

Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed. Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it. May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you. read more.
As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;' but my hand shall not be on you.

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.

He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you." He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family. read more.
The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

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

Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

"Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.