49 Bible Verses about Mercy

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am weak; O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

O Jehovah, I have heard Your report; I am afraid. O Jehovah, give new life to Your work in the midst of years; in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

O Lord, I pray You, according to all Your righteousness let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a curse to all those who are around us.

And standing afar off, the tax-collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but struck on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy.

Go and cry these words toward the north, and say, Return, O backsliding Israel, says Jehovah; and I will not cause My anger to fall on you; for I am merciful, says Jehovah, and I will not keep anger forever.

keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the sons, and on the sons of sons, to the third and to the fourth generation.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

I will keep My mercy for him forever, and My covenant shall stand fast with him.

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

because he did not remember to do mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and sought to kill the broken-hearted.

Therefore to him who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

You have not made the weak strong, nor have you healed the sick, nor have you bound up the broken. You have not brought again those driven away, nor have you sought that which was lost; but you have ruled them with force and with cruelty.

These are wells without water, clouds driven with a tempest, for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.

The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also flew here and there.

Jehovah, when You went out of Seir, when You marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.

Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you but to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

For he who has shown no mercy shall have judgment without mercy, and mercy exults over judgment.

Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me. For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His judgments were before me. And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. read more.
I was also upright before Him, and have kept myself from my iniquity. And Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes. With the faithful You will show Yourself faithful; with the upright man You will show Yourself upright.

And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright;

The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil. He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

The wicked has many sorrows, but mercy embraces him who trusts in Jehovah.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground. For it is time to seek Jehovah, until He comes and rains righteousness on you.

Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

He who covers his sins shall not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them shall have mercy.

All the paths of Jehovah are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and rich in mercy to all those who call on You.

For Jehovah your God is a merciful God; He will not forsake you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.

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

Therefore turn to your God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God forever.

And when he saw them, the king of Israel said to Elisha, My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them? And he answered, You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them so that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. And 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 bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender feelings of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man to his brother.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.

And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love with which He loved us

Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy.

By mercy and truth, iniquity is purged, and by the fear of Jehovah men turn away from evil.

For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given an inheritance to those who fear Your name. You will add to the days of the king's life; his years will be for many generations. He shall abide before God forever; prepare mercy and truth to preserve him.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you and am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants. And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

This punishment by the majority is enough for such a one; so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overwhelming sorrow. So I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.

The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.

He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

Therefore, O king, let my advice be pleasing to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, whether there will be duration to your prosperity.

He who presses the poor curses his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

O Jehovah, the earth is full of Your mercy; teach me Your Precepts.

For Your mercy is great above the heavens; and Your truth reaches to the clouds.

But the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness is to sons of sons;

Praise Jehovah. O give thanks to Jehovah; for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against Him.

Also to You, O Jehovah, belongs mercy; for You give to every man according to his work.

But the wisdom that is from above is first truly pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

All the paths of Jehovah are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

All the day long he deals graciously, and lends; and his seed is blessed.

The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.

Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone who dwells in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heavens. Yes, the fish of the sea shall also be taken away.

Hear the Word of Jehovah, sons of Israel. For Jehovah has a quarrel with the people of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

It is by Jehovah's kindnesses that we are not destroyed, because His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

And he said to David, You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, but I have rewarded you evil.

Behold, your eyes have seen today how Jehovah had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. And one said to kill you. But I had pity on you. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is Jehovah's anointed. And, my father, behold! Yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my soul to take it. May Jehovah judge between me and you, and may Jehovah avenge me of you. But my hand shall not be on you. read more.
As the ancient proverb says, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked. But my hand shall not be on you.

A righteous one understands the soul of his animal; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercy.

So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man to his brother.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and you have left undone the weightier matters of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith. You ought to have done these and not to leave the other undone.

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; tie them around your neck; write them upon the tablet of your heart;

or he who exhorts, in the encouragement; or he who shares, in simplicity; or he who takes the lead, in diligence; or he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison gave all the prisoners in the prison into Joseph's hand. And whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. The keeper of the prison did not look to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and whatever he did, Jehovah made it to prosper.

And he said, The one doing the deed of mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.

And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. And the name of the city before was Luz. And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Please show us the gate into the city, and we will show you mercy. And when he showed them the gate into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But they let the man and all his family go. read more.
And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.

Therefore turn to your God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God forever.

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Yes, tear your heart and not your robes, and turn to Jehovah your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He pities because of the evil.

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had. And she lives in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

And the sons of strangers will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I had mercy on you.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters; as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait on Jehovah our God, until He shall have mercy on us.