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Bible Verses About Mercy

This collection includes 50 passages about Mercy. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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

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The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

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Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

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Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

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

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But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

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

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For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

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But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

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For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

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

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But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

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Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

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But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

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And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

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Nevertheless for thy great merciesโ€™ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christโ€™s sake hath forgiven you.

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

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Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

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

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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

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Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

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Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto childrenโ€™s children;

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Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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Who is a God like unto 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.

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O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

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It is of the Lordโ€™s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

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Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

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I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

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