Reference: Mercy, Merciful
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MERCY, MERCIFUL
Mercy (French merci) is traced, through ecclesiastical Latin, to merces (reward); it seems to have got its meaning from the exclamation of the alms-receiver, 'Merci!' i.e. 'Reward to you (in heaven)!' 'May God reward you!'
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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
should not you then have had the like compassion for thy fellow servant as I had for thee?
and the people reprimanded them, to make them hold their tongue: but they bawl'd out the more, have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. then Jesus stood still, and calling them, said, what would ye have me do for you? read more. they said to him, grant Lord that we may have sight. Jesus then having compassion on them, touched their eyes: and immediately they had their sight, and they followed him.
be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful.
and he cry'd out, saying, father Abraham, take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
and display his infinite goodness to such objects of mercy, as he had prepared for glory?
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God to you, that you present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unto God, as the service of a rational being.
be mutually kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
be mutually kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
If then there be any christian consolation, any charitable relief, any communion of the spirit, if any tenderness of compassion,
In our prayers we continually give thanks to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ upon your account,
be you therefore adorn'd with a compassionate temper, with benevolence, humility, meekness, patience as becometh saints and chosen favourites of God:
as for you, masters, give to your servants what is just and suitable: considering that you also have a master in heaven.
He that by two or three witnesses was convicted of violating Moses's law, was put to death without mercy.
but wisdom deriv'd from heaven is first dispassionate, then pacific, equitable, and obsequious: full of beneficence, and all social virtue, free from partiality, and hypocrisy.
we pronounce those happy, who have so endur'd. you have heard of the constancy of Job, you know with what success he was crown'd by the Lord, who is all mercy and compassion.
we pronounce those happy, who have so endur'd. you have heard of the constancy of Job, you know with what success he was crown'd by the Lord, who is all mercy and compassion.
In a word, live all of you in perfect agreement and sympathy, be full of fraternal love, compassion, and affability.