10 Bible Verses about God's Mercy

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Romans 9:15

For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.

Deuteronomy 4:31

Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.

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God's Mercy » Described as » Everlasting

Psalm 89:28

I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

Psalm 106:1

Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

1 Chronicles 16:34

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalm 107:1

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

God's Mercy » Should be » Magnified

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

1 Chronicles 16:34

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalm 118:1-4

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. read more.
Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalm 118:29

O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

God's Mercy » Manifested » To repentant sinners

Isaiah 55:7

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

Luke 15:18-20

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants. And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for others

2 Timothy 1:18

(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

God's Mercy » Manifested » To returning backsliders

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

Joel 2:13

Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.

God's Mercy » Manifested » To whom he will

Hosea 2:23

And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

Romans 9:18

So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.

Romans 9:15

For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.

God's Mercy » Described as » Tender

Psalm 25:6

O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

God's Mercy » Should be » Pleaded in prayer

Psalm 25:6

O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

Psalm 6:4

Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

God's Mercy » Described as » Manifold

Lamentations 3:32

For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

Nehemiah 9:27

And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.

God's Mercy » Manifested » To his people

1 Kings 8:23

Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Be glad, O you his people, over the nations; for he will take payment for the blood of his servants, and will give punishment to his haters, and take away the sin of his land, for his people.

God's Mercy » Manifested » In long-suffering

God's Mercy » Exemplified

Genesis 19:19

See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;

God's Mercy » Described as » Great

Numbers 14:18

The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

Isaiah 54:7

For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.

God's Mercy » Manifested » To the afflicted

Isaiah 49:13

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.

Isaiah 54:7

For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.

God's Mercy » A ground of hope

God's Mercy » Described as » High as heaven

God's Mercy » Described as » Sure

Micah 7:20

You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.

Isaiah 55:3

Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

God's Mercy » Described as » Plenteous

God's Mercy » Manifested » To them that fear him

Psalm 103:17

But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;

God's Mercy » Described as » New » Every morning

God's Mercy » Exemplified » Epaphroditus

God's Mercy » Exemplified » Paul

God's Mercy » Described as » Rich

God's Mercy » Is part of his character

Exodus 34:6-7

And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.

God's Mercy » Described as » Filling the earth

Psalm 119:64

The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: give me knowledge of your rules.

God's Mercy » Typified » Mercy-seat

Exodus 25:17

And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

God's Mercy » Described as » Over all his works

God's Mercy » Described as » Abundant

God's Mercy » Manifested » With everlasting kindness

Isaiah 54:8

In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.

God's Mercy » Manifested » To the fatherless

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.

God's Mercy » Should be » Rejoiced in

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

God's Mercy » A ground of trust

Psalm 52:8

But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of God; I have put my faith in his mercy for ever and ever.

God's Mercy » Is his delight

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.

God's Mercy » Manifested » In the sending of Christ

God's Mercy » Manifested » In salvation

God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for ourselves

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Receiving God's Mercy

Psalm 106:46

He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.

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