31 Bible Verses about Mercy, Response To God's

I request (urge) (implore) you brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

I trust your loving-kindness. My heart finds joy in your salvation.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy and loving kindness of God forever and ever.

By grace (Greek: charis, divine favor, loving-kindness) you have been saved through faith. It is not from you. It is the gift from God!

For this I obtained mercy, which in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might show his long-suffering. This is for an example to those who should later believe in him for eternal life.

Let us approach the throne of grace (loving-kindness) with confidence, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for help in time of need.

Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble.

But he gives more grace. The scripture said, God resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the humble.

Be merciful even as your Father is merciful.

He told you, O lowly man, what is good and what Jehovah requires of you. You should display justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God!

Jehovah of Hosts has spoken: Every man should execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion to his brother!

Blessed are the merciful and compassionate, for they will receive mercy and compassion.

You should learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.

He answered: Love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your life, with all your strength and with all your mind. (Feelings and total existence) (Might and total thinking capacity) And you should love your neighbor as yourself. (Deuteronomy 6:5) (Leviticus 19:18) He told him: You answered correctly, do this and you will live. Desiring to justify himself, he said to Jesus: Who is my neighbor?read more.
Jesus answered: A man traveled from Jerusalem to Jericho. He fell among robbers. They stripped him, beat him and left him half dead. A priest traveled on that road. When he saw him he passed by on the other side. When a Levite came to the place he saw the man and passed by on the other side. Then a Samaritan arrived where he was. He was moved with compassion when he saw him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds pouring oil and wine on them. He set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn to take care of him. The next day he paid the host two shillings. He said take care of him and if you spend more I will repay you when I return. Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers? He said: The one who showed mercy to him. Jesus said to him: Go and you do like wise.

You should speak and act as men who are to be judged by a law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. (Matthew 18:21) (Mark 11:25) (Luke 11:4)

Forgive us our sins. For we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And keep us from temptation.

If you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Peter came to him and said: Lord, How many times may my brother do wrong against me, and I forgive him? Seven times? Jesus said to him: Not seven times; but seventy times seven. The kingdom of heaven is like a king who went over his accounts with his servants.read more.
First, one came to him who owed him ten thousand talents. He was not able to make payment. So his lord gave orders for him to be sold. His wife, sons, and daughters were all to be sold along with every possession. The money would be used for payment of what he owed. So the servant fell on his face out of respect. He said: 'Lord, give me time to make payment and I will pay everything.' Being moved with pity, the lord let him go, and made him free of the debt. Then that servant met another servant who was in debt to him for one hundred denarii. He took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay your debt now.' That servant fell down before him, saying, 'Give me time and I will make payment to you.' He would not give him time. He put him into prison till he paid the debt. When the other servants saw what happened, they were very sad. They told their lord what had been done. His lord sent for him, and said: 'Evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me. Should you [also] show mercy to your fellow servant the same way I showed mercy to you?' His lord was angry and sent him to jail to be punished until he paid back all of his debt. My heavenly Father will treat you like that if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.

Do not judge and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.

So watch how you behave. Admonish your brother to repent when he sins. Forgive him when he repents. If he sins against you seven times in one day and repents each time, you must forgive him.

To the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excess sorrow.

You should be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also forgave you through (by means of) Christ.

Tolerate (endure) (suffer) (put up with) one another, and forgive each other. If any man has a complaint against anyone, forgive them, even as God forgave you.

You should continue to love one another as brothers.

The righteous will answer him: 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and dress you? When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?'read more.
The King will answer: 'To the extent that you did it to one of the least of my brothers, you did it to me.'

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good. Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another. Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving God.read more.
Rejoice in hope! Be patient in tribulation. Continue in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the holy ones and practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind as others. Do not think lofty things but be led along by lowly things. Do not be wise in your own conceit (self-love) (vanity) (estimation). Return evil for evil to no man. Provide honest things in the sight of all men. When it is possible, be peaceable with all men. Dearly beloved, do not avenge yourselves, instead leave room for divine punishment, for it is written: Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 32:35) Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. Do not be evil, but overcome evil with good.

We have this ministry to do, even as we obtained mercy, we do not lose heart.

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience (steadfastness) of Christ.

We make known to you brothers the grace of God that has been given to the congregations of Macedonia.

For the love of Christ compels us to judge, that one died for all and therefore all died. He died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for their sakes and rose again. From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.read more.
If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things have passed away. Behold, they have become new. All things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ. He gave the ministry of reconciliation to us. God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ. He was not imputing their trespasses against them, for he had committed the word of reconciliation to us. We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making entreaty through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ that you be reconciled to God.