20 Bible Verses about Mercifulness
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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.
But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.
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.
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations: But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.
So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.
His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him. With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts. He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.read more.
Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands; His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;
But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.
Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.
O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.
Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;
Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;
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Mercifulness » Of david
And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?
And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.
Mercifulness » Of Christ
But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.
Mercifulness » Of saul
And Saul said, Not a man is to be put to death today: for today the Lord has made Israel safe.
Mercifulness » of Elisha
But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.
Mercifulness » Solomon
And Solomon said, If he is seen to be a man of good faith, not a hair of him will be touched; but if any wrongdoing is seen in him, he is to be put to death.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of good example
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of david
And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?
And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of Christ
But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of saul
And Saul said, Not a man is to be put to death today: for today the Lord has made Israel safe.
Social duties » Mercifulness » of Elisha
But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Solomon
And Solomon said, If he is seen to be a man of good faith, not a hair of him will be touched; but if any wrongdoing is seen in him, he is to be put to death.
