'Be Gracious' in the Bible

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

So when the LORD your God delivers them to you and you have defeated them, then utterly destroy them. You are not to make any covenant with them nor be gracious to them.

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be gracious, for as an agent of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. And LORD thy God be with thee.

Be gracious to the descendants of Barzillai the Gileadite, and provide for them in your household, because they helped me when I had to run from your brother Absalom.

"Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God's hand has struck me.

Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

he shall pray to God, and He will be gracious to him; and he shall see His face with joy, for He will restore to man his righteousness.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious unto me; Jehovah, be my helper.

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

Be gracious, O Jehovah, to deliver me: hasten, O Jehovah, to help me.

As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.} God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Turn thee again, O LORD, at the last, and be gracious unto thy servants.

Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.

Let no one show him kindness,and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.

I have sought thy favour with my whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word.

Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

For the LORD will avenge his people, and be gracious unto his servants.

When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.Women will come and make fires with them,for they are not a people with understanding.Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them,and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.

Then Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him, saying, God be gracious to You, Lord! This shall never be to You.

Those who went in front and those who were following [Him] were shouting [in joy and praise],“Hosanna (Save, I pray)!Blessed (praised, glorified) is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest [in humility and repentance], saying, ‘God, be merciful and gracious to me, the [especially wicked] sinner [that I am]!’

Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].