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 Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are agitated.

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thy anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people have become a reproach to all that are about us.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Go and proclaim these words towards the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, 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 the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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

The diseased ye have not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thy arrows also went abroad.

LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

He hath shown thee, O man, what is good; and what the LORD doth require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

For he shall have judgment without mercy that hath shown no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, 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. Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye-sight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall encompass him.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he shall come and reign righteousness upon you.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee.

(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he swore to them.

And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldst thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drank, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

Therefore if thy enemy hungereth, feed him; if he thirsteth, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Who is a God like to thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

And his mercy is on them that 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 the LORD men depart from evil.

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted by many. So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow. Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towards him.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thy iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth to the clouds.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;

Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

Also to thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

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

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

And he said to David, thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded thee with evil.

Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how the LORD hath delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill thee: but my eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed. Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee. read more.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ye ought to have done, and not to leave the others undone.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

But the LORD 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 committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, was done by him. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him: and that which he did the LORD made it to prosper.

And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz. And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but they let go the man and all his family. 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 its name to this day.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth of the evil.

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

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he shall have mercy upon us.