20 Bible Verses about Mercifulness
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For Yahweh your God is a compassionate God; he {will not abandon you}, and he will not destroy you, and he will not forget the covenant of your ancestors that he swore to them.
But he [was] compassionate; he pardoned [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. And many [times] he turned back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath,
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, 'Return, apostate Israel,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not cause my {anger} to fall on you. For I [am] loyal,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not be angry {forever}.
"Yahweh loved you and chose you not {because of your great number} exceeding all [other] peoples, for you [are] fewer than all of the peoples, but {because of} the love of Yahweh [for] you and because of his keeping [of] the sworn oath that he swore to your ancestors, Yahweh brought you [out] with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
But in your great compassions you did not put an end to them, and you did not abandon them. For you are a gracious and compassionate God.
Therefore, thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion. My temple will be built in it," {declares} Yahweh of hosts, "and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem." '
And his mercy [is] for generation after generation to those who fear him. He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has dispersed the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from [their] thrones, and has exalted the lowly.read more.
He has filled those who are hungry with good [things], and those who are rich he has sent away empty-handed. He has helped Israel his servant, remembering [his] mercy,
Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Then David said to Gad, "I [am] greatly distressed. Please let us fall into the hand of Yahweh, because he [is] great in his compassion; but into the hand of man don't let me fall."
You shall forgive your people who sinned against you, [even] for all their transgressions which they committed against you. You shall give them compassion before their captors so that they may have compassion on them,
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.
{Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord, our God}, for we have rebelled against him,
Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, because I am feeble. Heal me, O Yahweh, for my bones are terrified.
Hear, O Yahweh, my voice [when] I call, and be gracious to me and answer me.
You must regard the prayer of your servant and his plea! O Yahweh my God, listen to the pleading and to the prayer that your servant [is] praying before you this day,
Be gracious to me, O Yahweh. See my suffering from [those who] hate me, [you who] lift me up from the gates of death,
And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.
Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in all [respects], in order that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Now [when it] was evening, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he expelled the spirits with a word. And he healed all {those who were sick},
From Thematic Bible
Mercifulness » Of david
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him! For who has stretched out his hand against Yahweh's anointed one and remained blameless?"
Then David said, "What [is] it to me or to you, sons of Zeruiah, that you should be an adversary today? [Should] anyone be put to death in Israel? Do I not know today that I [am] king over Israel?"
Mercifulness » Of Christ
But he turned around [and] rebuked them,
And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said to them, "The [one] of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!"
Mercifulness » Of saul
But Saul said, "No one will be put to death on this day, because {today} Yahweh has provided deliverance in Israel."
Mercifulness » of Elisha
And he said, "You shall not kill. Would you kill [those] whom you took captive with the sword or with the bow? Put food and water before them that they may eat and drink and then go to their master."
Mercifulness » Solomon
Solomon said, "If he is a son of noble character, not a hair of his [head] will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, then he will die."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Balances of deceit [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight} delights him.
Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin; I [am] Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
A balance and scales of justice [belong] to Yahweh; all the weights of the bag [are] his work.
"There shall not be {for your use} in your bag {two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one}.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of good example
By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.
Brothers, take [as an] example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,
not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves [as] an example to you, so that [you] may imitate us.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of david
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him! For who has stretched out his hand against Yahweh's anointed one and remained blameless?"
Then David said, "What [is] it to me or to you, sons of Zeruiah, that you should be an adversary today? [Should] anyone be put to death in Israel? Do I not know today that I [am] king over Israel?"
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of Christ
But he turned around [and] rebuked them,
And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said to them, "The [one] of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!"
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of saul
But Saul said, "No one will be put to death on this day, because {today} Yahweh has provided deliverance in Israel."
Social duties » Mercifulness » of Elisha
And he said, "You shall not kill. Would you kill [those] whom you took captive with the sword or with the bow? Put food and water before them that they may eat and drink and then go to their master."
Social duties » Mercifulness » Solomon
Solomon said, "If he is a son of noble character, not a hair of his [head] will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, then he will die."