Matthew 5:7

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Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

So, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or hypocrisy.

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Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.

Even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor, I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

For judgment will be without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.