'Gracious' in the Bible

Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took it.

And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son!

for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, Who knows? perhaps Jehovah will be gracious to me, that the child may live.

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time.

For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.

Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious unto me; Jehovah, be my helper.

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:

all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.

As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.} God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.

But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.

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

He hath made his wonders to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.

Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.

I have sought thy favour with my whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word.

Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness.

A gracious woman retaineth honour; and the violent retain riches.

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.

He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.

And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

For the people shall dwell in Zion, at Jerusalem. Thou shalt weep no more; he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; as he heareth it, he will answer thee.

Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble.

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us. This hath been of your hand: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.