Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Merciful
General references
Bible References
Merciful
Psalm 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.
Psalm 130:7
Let Israel wait for the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy and plenteous redemption close to him.
Psalm 145:8
Cheth The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.
Exodus 34:6
And as the LORD passed by before him, he proclaimed, I AM, I AM strong, merciful, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth,
Numbers 14:18
The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, letting go of iniquity and transgression and absolving, but by no means absolving the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generations.
Deuteronomy 5:10
and showing mercy unto thousands, to those that love me and keep my commandments.
Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to hear; neither did they remember thy wonders that thou hadst done among them, but hardened their necks and in their rebellion thought to appoint a leader to return to their bondage; but thou art a God of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great mercy, for thou didst not leave them.
Isaiah 55:7
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.
Jeremiah 32:18
that thou dost show mercy in thousands and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them, the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of the hosts, is his name,
Romans 5:20
Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,
Ephesians 1:7
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,
Slow
Joel 2:13
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.
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the LORD and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was this not what I said when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee unto Tarshish, for I knew that thou art a gracious God and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy, and dost repent when thou art come to take punishment.
Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power and will not at all treat the guilty as though they were innocent; the LORD whose way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
General references
Lamentations 3:31
Caph For the Lord will not cast off for ever: