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.
and oughtest not thou to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had on thee?
And the people rebuked them, that they might hold their peace: but they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. And Jesus stopt and called them, and said, What do ye desire me to do for you? read more. They answered Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. And Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and straightway their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
be ye therefore merciful as your heavenly Father also is merciful.
And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
and that He might make known the riches of his glory in the vessels of mercy, which He hath prepared for glory?
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and well-pleasing to God, as your rational service.
tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgiveth you.
tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgiveth you.
If therefore there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any participation of the Spirit,
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always in our prayers for you:
Put on therefore, as the elect of God holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, benignity, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
and ye masters, render to your servants justice and equity, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
If any one that violateth the law of Moses, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses,
But the wisdom that is from above first is pure, then peaceable, mild, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
Behold, we account those happy, that are patient. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
Behold, we account those happy, that are patient. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
Finally, my beloved, be unanimous, be sympathizing, love as brethren, be compassionate, be courteous: