49 Bible Verses about Mercy

([[Psalm of David] when the prophet Nathan came to him after David's adultery with Bathsheba:]) Have mercy on me, O God, in keeping with your loving-kindness. According to your unlimited compassion, wipe out my transgressions.

Be merciful to me, Jehovah, for I am faint. O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

O Jehovah, I heard the report about you and I am afraid of your actions. O Jehovah, make it live in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known! When you are angry remember mercy.

O Jehovah, according to all your righteousness, let your anger, I pray you, be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Because of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all those who are round about us.

But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner.

Jehovah is merciful and gracious. He is slow to anger, and rich in loving-kindness.

Go and proclaim this message to the north: 'Come back, unfaithful Israel. It is Jehovah speaking. I will no longer frown on you because I am merciful,' declares Jehovah. 'I will no longer be angry with you.

I keep my promise for thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin. But I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their fathers.

Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

I was a stranger and you did not take me in. I was naked and you did not dress me. I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.

He that knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

You have not strengthened those that were weak, healed those who were sick, or bandaged those who were injured. You have not brought back those who strayed away or looked for those who were lost. You have ruled them harshly and violently.

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

The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.

Jehovah, when you left the mountains of Seir, when you came out of Edom, the earth shook, and rain fell from the sky. Yes, water poured out of the clouds.

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

He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not burst by them.

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

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!

The merciful man does himself good. The cruel man troubles his own flesh.

Be merciful even as your Father is merciful.

For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.

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

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

You Jehovah rewarded me because of my righteousness. Because my hands are clean you rewarded me. I have kept the ways of Jehovah. I have not wickedly turned away from my God. All your judgments are in front of me. I have not turned away from your laws. read more.
You know I am faultless. I have kept myself from doing wrong. You reward me because I do what is right. You know I am innocent. O Jehovah, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you, and completely good to those who are faultless.

Jehovah paid me back because of my righteousness. He can see that my hands are clean. In dealing with faithful people you are faithful. With innocent people you are innocent.

The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil. He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.

Very much pain awaits wicked people, but loving-kindness and mercy surrounds those who trust Jehovah.

I said: Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, Jehovah, and I will come and pour out righteousness on you.

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

The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.

All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness (mercy) and truth for those who cling to his promise and written instructions.

You, O Jehovah, are good and forgiving, full of loving kindness toward everyone who calls out to you.

Jehovah your God is a merciful God. He will not forsake you. He will not destroy you, nor forget the covenant he made with your fathers.

I am in a desperate situation, David told Gad. Please let us fall into Jehovah's hands because he is very merciful. But do not let me fall into human hands.

Return to your God. Constantly express loving kindness and justice. Always wait with hope in your God.

When the king of Israel saw the Syrians, he asked Elisha: Shall I kill them? No, Elisha answered. Would you put to death soldiers you captured in combat? Give them something to eat and drink. Then let them return to their king. So the king of Israel provided a great feast for them. After they ate and drank he sent them back to the king of Syria. From then on the Syrians stopped raiding the land of Israel.

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.

As God's chosen, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness (humility), meekness (mildness), and long-suffering (patience).

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

Be merciful even as your Father is merciful.

Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).

His mercy is to all generations for all who respect him.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Loving-kindness and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld by loving-kindness.

Sin is atoned by loving kindness and truth. Respect for Jehovah keeps one away from evil.

You have heard my vows, O God, and you have given me what belongs to those who respect your name. Add many years to the king's life; let him live on and on! May he rule forever in your presence, O God. Protect him with your constant love and faithfulness.

I will go to my father and say: 'Father I have sinned against God and against you. I am not fit to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired workers.' He went to his father. He was a long way from home when his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and threw his arms around his son and kissed him.

Sufficient to such a one is this punishment that was inflicted by the many. 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. I urge you to confirm your love toward him.

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

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

Let my counsel be acceptable to you O King. Stop your sins by being righteous and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. May there be a lengthening of your prosperity.

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

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

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

The earth is full of your loving kindness! O Jehovah teach me your statutes.

Your loving kindness is higher then the heavens. Your truth reaches unto the clouds.

But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons.

Praise Jehovah! Oh give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good and His loving-kindness endures forever.

To Jehovah our God belong mercies and forgiveness. We have rebelled against him.

Loving-kindness belongs to you, O Jehovah. You reward a person based on what he has done.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable (yielding), full of mercy and good fruits, without discord (partiality), without hypocrisy.

All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness (mercy) and truth for those who cling to his promise and written instructions.

He is always generous and lends freely. His descendants are a blessing.

The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil.

Therefore the land will mourn. All the inhabitants are weak. The beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea will also perish.

Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel! For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land. There is no truth! There is no goodness. There is no knowledge of God in the land.

We have not come to destruction because of Jehovah's loving kindness. His mercies are without end. They are new every morning. Your faithfulness is abundant.

He said: David, you are a better person than I am. You treated me with kindness when I was cruel to you.

Today you saw how Jehovah handed you over to me in the cave. Although I was told to kill you I spared you. I said: 'I will not raise my hand against my lord because you are Jehovah's anointed.' My master, look at this! The border of your robe is in my hand! I cut off the border of your robe and did not kill you. You should know and be able to see I mean no harm or rebellion. I have not sinned against you! But you are trying to ambush me in order to take my life. I will let Jehovah decide which one of us has done right. I pray that Jehovah will punish you for what you are doing to me. However, I will not do anything to you. read more.
An old proverb says: 'Only evil people do evil things.' So I will not harm you.

A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is terrible.

He who pursues righteousness and love find life, prosperity and honor.

The merciful man does himself good. The cruel man troubles his own flesh.

Loving-kindness and truth preserve the king and his throne is upheld by loving-kindness.

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

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith. You should do both and leave nothing undone.

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; on exhortation; he who gives let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Jehovah helped him and was good to him. He even made the jailer like Joseph so much that he put him in charge of the other prisoners and of everything that was done in the jail. The jailer did not worry about anything, because Jehovah was with Joseph and made him successful in all that he did.

He said: The one who showed mercy to him. Jesus said to him: Go and you do like wise.

The house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. The spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him: Show us the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy. When he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But spared the man and all his family. read more.
The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city. He called it Luz, which is its name this day.

Return to your God. Constantly express loving kindness and justice. Always wait with hope in your God.

Be merciful even as your Father is merciful.

not by works done in righteousness, which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration (restoration) (spiritual rebirth) and renewing (renovation) of the Holy Spirit.

Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm.

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

Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. I struck you because of my anger, but in my favor I have 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 Jehovah our God, until he is gracious to us.