100 Bible Verses About God's Mercy
Bible verses about God's Mercy
Delve into the boundless ocean of God's mercy as revealed through scripture. Understanding God's compassion isn't just about acknowledging His forgiveness; it's about grasping the very essence of His character. The verses presented here offer glimpses into the depth of His loving-kindness, His patience, and His unwavering commitment to us, even in our imperfections. Explore these passages to find comfort, strength, and a renewed sense of hope, knowing that His mercy endures forever, a constant beacon guiding us towards grace and redemption. Let these words illuminate your path and deepen your understanding of God's profound love for humanity.
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Psalms 59:17 (KJV)
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
God's Mercy: Exploring Bible Verses of Compassion
For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
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 spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.
The Bible overflows with verses showcasing God's profound and unwavering mercy, a cornerstone of His character and His relationship with humanity. From Lamentations 3:22-23's declaration of His mercies being new every morning, to Ephesians 2:4-5's revelation of salvation through mercy despite our trespasses, these passages paint a vivid picture of undeserved kindness and compassionate forgiveness. They remind us that God's mercy isn't a fleeting emotion, but a consistent and reliable attribute, offering hope and restoration even in our darkest moments. As we reflect on these verses, let them inspire us to not only receive God's mercy with gratitude but also to extend that same grace and compassion to others, mirroring His heart of unwavering love and forgiveness in our own lives and interactions. Let us strive to be vessels of His mercy, offering hope and healing to a world desperately in need of His transformative grace.