'Mercy' in the Bible

The merciful are blessed,for they will be shown mercy.

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.”

“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers severely. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’

There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

The crowd told them to keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has had mercy on you.”

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, “Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!”

Many people told him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me, Son of David!”

His mercy is from generation to generationon those who fear Him.

He has helped His servant Israel,mindful of His mercy,

Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her His great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’

and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

For He tells Moses:I will show mercyto whom I will show mercy,and I will have compassionon whom I will have compassion.

So then it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.

So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory—

As you once disobeyed God, but now have received mercy through their disobedience,

so they too have now disobeyed, resulting in mercy to you, so that they also now may receive mercy.

For God has imprisoned all in disobedience, so that He may have mercy on all.

if exhorting, in exhortation;giving, with generosity;leading, with diligence;showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

and so that Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written:Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles,and I will sing psalms to Your name.

About virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.

May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy to the Israel of God!

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another.

To Timothy, my true son in the faith.Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

one who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.

But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

To Timothy, my dearly loved son.Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.

He saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done,but according to His mercy,through the washing of regenerationand renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

If anyone disregards Moses’ law, he dies without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

Once you were not a people,but now you are God’s people;you had not received mercy,but now you have received mercy.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

keep yourselves in the love of God, expecting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.

Have mercy on those who doubt;

save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.