100 Bible Verses About Mercy
Bible verses about Mercy
Dive into the heart of God's character as we explore His boundless mercy through scripture. Understanding mercy isn't just about acknowledging forgiveness; it's about grasping the depth of divine love that actively seeks to alleviate suffering and offer second chances. These verses illuminate the profound truth that mercy is not merely a passive attribute but an active force shaping our relationship with God and one another. By studying these passages, we open ourselves to receiving and extending this transformative grace, allowing it to shape our actions, inspire compassion, and draw us closer to the heart of our merciful Father.
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Psalms 133:3 (KJV)
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Discovering God's Mercy: Bible Verses & Meaning
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it.
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
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.
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
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.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.
And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
The Bible resounds with the profound importance of mercy, echoing from the Old Testament's call for compassion towards the vulnerable to the New Testament's embodiment of grace in Jesus Christ. These verses highlight that mercy is not merely an emotion but a deliberate act of kindness, forgiveness, and love extended to those in need, even when undeserved. They reveal God's character as fundamentally merciful and call us to emulate this divine attribute in our own lives. Reflecting on these scriptures compels us to examine our hearts, identifying areas where we can be more generous with our compassion. Let us strive to be agents of mercy in a world desperately needing it, extending grace, offering forgiveness, and embodying the transformative power of divine mercy in our daily interactions, thereby reflecting the very heart of God.