49 Bible Verses about Mercy

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away;
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed.

Lord, I have heard the report about You and I fear.
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.

O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us.

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say,
‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord;
‘I will not look upon you in anger.
For I am gracious,’ declares the Lord;
‘I will not be angry forever.

who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,
And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

The clouds poured out water;
The skies gave forth a sound;
Your arrows flashed here and there.

“Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Even the clouds dripped water.

“Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds,
The wonders of one perfect in knowledge,

“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?

The merciful man does himself good,
But the cruel man does himself harm.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

He who despises his neighbor sins,
But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.

"The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. "For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God. "For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. read more.
"I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. "Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes. "With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands For the righteous man is taken away from evil, He enters into peace; They rest in their beds, Each one who walked in his upright way.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him.

Sow with a view to righteousness,
Reap in accordance with kindness;
Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord
Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the Lord for His mercies are great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

Therefore, return to your God,
Observe kindness and justice,
And wait for your God continually.

Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?" He answered, "You shall not kill them. Would you kill those 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." So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.

"BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

“And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who fear Him.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Loyalty and truth preserve the king,
And he upholds his throne by righteousness.

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name. You will prolong the king's life; His years will be as many generations. He will abide before God forever; Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him.

'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men."' "So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority, so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and gives.

He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker,
But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’

He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker,
But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

He who despises his neighbor sins,
But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.

The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.

For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the skies.

But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,

Praise the Lord!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord,
For You recompense a man according to his work.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

Therefore the land mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,
And also the fish of the sea disappear.

Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel,
For the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no faithfulness or kindness
Or knowledge of God in the land.

The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you.

"Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD'S anointed.' "Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and perceive that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it. "May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you. read more.
"As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness'; but my hand shall not be against you.

A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal,
But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

He who pursues righteousness and loyalty
Finds life, righteousness and honor.

The merciful man does himself good,
But the cruel man does himself harm.

Loyalty and truth preserve the king,
And he upholds his throne by righteousness.

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Do not let kindness and truth leave you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

But the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. The chief jailer committed to Joseph's charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it. The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph's charge because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made to prosper.

And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”

The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz). The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly." So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free. read more.
The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz which is its name to this day.

Therefore, return to your God,
Observe kindness and justice,
And wait for your God continually.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

And rend your heart and not your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And relenting of evil.

However, Rahab the harlot and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

“Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their kings will minister to you;
For in My wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious to us.