20 Bible Verses about Mercifulness
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For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
Therefore, thus says the LORD, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the LORD of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;read more.
he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man."
and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day,
Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.
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Mercifulness » Of david
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
But David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?"
Mercifulness » Of Christ
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."
Mercifulness » Of saul
But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel."
Mercifulness » of Elisha
He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master."
Mercifulness » Solomon
And Solomon said, "If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
"You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of good example
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of david
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
But David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?"
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of Christ
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of saul
But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel."
Social duties » Mercifulness » of Elisha
He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Solomon
And Solomon said, "If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die."
