18 Bible Verses about The Need For Mercy

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

If you had known what this means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?'

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.