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.

Genesis 18:31KJV

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

Isaiah 3:15KJV

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

Psalms 107:12KJV

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Psalms 45:2KJV

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.

Psalms 37:28KJV

O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

Psalms 66:8KJV

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?

Jeremiah 2:5KJV

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.

Isaiah 51:1KJV

O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Isaiah 26:13KJV

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.

Isaiah 38:16KJV

Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

Psalms 68:26KJV

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Psalms 119:2KJV

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:

Genesis 19:12KJV

The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

Psalms 147:6KJV

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Proverbs 3:18KJV

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

Psalms 103:17KJV

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.

Isaiah 19:21KJV

Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

Psalms 143:9KJV

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.

Psalms 91:14KJV

And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Jeremiah 3:11KJV

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.

Psalms 79:10KJV

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

Psalms 107:14KJV

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.

Isaiah 12:4KJV

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.

Genesis 19:16KJV

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Proverbs 31:7KJV

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.

Psalms 106:5KJV

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Psalms 42:2KJV

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Isaiah 42:18KJV

O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:26KJV

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

Psalms 146:7KJV

Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Psalms 145:2KJV

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Psalms 143:12KJV

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Psalms 48:11KJV

How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Psalms 79:5KJV

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 12:10KJV

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

Genesis 21:1KJV

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

Psalms 106:19KJV

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Psalms 119:76KJV

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Psalms 147:3KJV

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Psalms 89:1KJV

As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:4KJV

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.

Isaiah 37:4KJV

For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Psalms 135:5KJV

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Psalms 78:15KJV

Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

Psalms 86:3KJV

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.

Isaiah 59:16KJV

And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Psalms 72:19KJV

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Psalms 80:14KJV

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.

Genesis 32:10KJV

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Psalms 51:14KJV

The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

Psalms 118:14KJV

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.

Psalms 78:38KJV

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Psalms 38:20KJV

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.

Psalms 133:3KJV

To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

Psalms 102:21KJV

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

Proverbs 6:30KJV

To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:16KJV

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Psalms 86:13KJV

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

Psalms 107:6KJV

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalms 62:8KJV

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

Psalms 108:11KJV

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Psalms 72:2KJV

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

Psalms 57:2KJV

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

Psalms 89:3KJV

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Psalms 78:35KJV

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

Exodus 15:13KJV

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.

Jeremiah 2:9KJV

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:3KJV

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Proverbs 31:20KJV

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.

2 Chronicles 34:27KJV

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.

Isaiah 12:1KJV

In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

Isaiah 27:2KJV

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.

Isaiah 38:5KJV

And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Psalms 136:18KJV

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

Psalms 119:155KJV

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Proverbs 3:17KJV

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Proverbs 6:35KJV

With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 136:12KJV

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:

Jeremiah 3:14KJV

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Psalms 107:8KJV

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

Isaiah 61:2KJV

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

Psalms 77:8KJV

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

Psalms 107:13KJV

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:6KJV

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Isaiah 33:22KJV

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

Psalms 119:170KJV

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

Psalms 85:5KJV

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Isaiah 32:8KJV

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:6KJV

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Proverbs 29:7KJV

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:

2 Chronicles 6:38KJV

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.

Psalms 71:18KJV

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Psalms 73:13KJV

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

Psalms 68:20KJV

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalms 112:4KJV

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.

Isaiah 43:12KJV

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?

Isaiah 58:7KJV

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

Exodus 21:21KJV

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Psalms 146:9KJV

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.

Isaiah 1:15KJV

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.