1601 verses about Grace

For in all things, O Lord, you did magnify your people, And you did glorify them and not lightly regard them; Standing by their side in every time and place.

She is with all flesh according to his gift; And he gave her freely to those who love him.

For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy; And he forgives sins, and saves in time of affliction.

saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, And not into the hands of men: For as his majesty is, So also is his mercy.

In the day of your affliction it will remember you; As fair weather upon ice, So will your sins also melt away.

The greater you are, humble yourself the more, And you will find favor before the Lord.

For there is a shame that brings sin; And there is a shame that is glory and grace.

Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me? For the Lord is longsuffering.

And say not, His compassion is great; He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: For mercy and wrath are with him, And his indignation will rest upon sinners.

Forgo not a wise and good wife; For her grace is above gold.

A gift has grace in the sight of every man living; And for a dead man keep not back grace.

Reproach not a man when he turns from sin: Remember that we are all worthy of punishment.

There is one that is sluggish, and has need of help, Lacking in strength, and that abounds in poverty; And the eyes of the Lord looked upon him for good, And he set him up from his low estate,

The gift of the Lord remains with the godly, And his good pleasure will prosper forever.

How great is the mercy of the Lord, And his forgiveness to those who turn to him!

For this cause the Lord was longsuffering over them, And poured out his mercy upon them.

He saw and perceived their end, that it is evil; Therefore he multiplied his forgiveness.

He has mercy on those who accept chastening, And that diligently seek after his judgements.

Behold, is not a word better than a gift? And both are with a gracious man.

A man without grace is as a tale out of season: It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.

The discourse of a fool is like a burden in the way; But grace will be found on the lips of the wise.

As the terebinth I stretched out my branches; And my branches are branches of glory and grace.

As the vine I put forth grace; And my flowers are the fruit of glory and riches.

The grace of a wife will delight her husband; And her knowledge will fatten his bones.

A shamefast woman is grace upon grace; And there is no price worthy of a continent soul.

O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, And upon Israel, whom you did liken to a firstborn.

For grace was not given him from the Lord; Because he is deprived of all wisdom.

And he gave men skill, That they might be glorified in his marvelous works.

His blessing covered the dry land as a river, And saturated it as a flood.

Your eye shall desire grace and beauty; And above both the green blade of corn.

The Lord manifested in them great glory, Even his mighty power from the beginning.

Their seed shall remain forever, And their glory shall not be blotted out.

And he brought out of him a man of mercy, Which found favor in the sight of all flesh; A man beloved of God and men, even Moses, Whose memorial is blessed.

But the Lord will never forsake his mercy; And he will not destroy any of his works, Nor blot out the posterity of his elect; And the seed of him that loved him he will not take away; And he gave a remnant to Jacob, And to David a root out of him.

And now bless you⌃ the God of all, Which everywhere does great things, Which exalts our days from the womb, And deals with us according to his mercy.

And did deliver me, according to the abundance of your mercy, and greatness of your name, From the gnashings of teeth ready to devour, Out of the hand of such as sought my life, Out of the manifold afflictions which I had;

The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward; And I will praise him therewith.

Hear our prayer, O Lord, and our petition, and deliver us for your own sake, and give us favor in the sight of them which have led us away captive:

Yet, O Lord our God, you have dealt with us after all your kindness, and according to all that great mercy of your,

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endures forever.

And all the people fell upon their faces, and worshipped, and gave praise to heaven, which had given them good success.

King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:

And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickednesses, but according to your mercy.

Now therefore I confirm to you all the exactions which the kings that were before me remitted to you, and whatever gifts besides they remitted to you:

moreover, when we shall have established our kingdom, we will glorify you and your nation and the temple with great glory, so that your glory shall be made manifest in all the earth.

Having been saved by God out of great perils, as men arrayed against a king, we thank him greatly.

And the prayer was after this manner: O Lord, Lord God, the Creator of all things, who are terrible and strong and righteous and merciful, who alone are King and gracious,

and recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and restored the laws which were like to be overthrown, seeing the Lord became gracious to them with all forbearance:

For indeed that those who act impiously be not let alone any long time, but straightway meet with retribution, is a sign of great beneficence.

But I, as my kindred, give up both body and soul for the laws of our fathers, calling upon God that he may speedily become gracious to the nation; and that you amidst trials and plagues may confess that he alone is God;

And when they had accomplished these things, and had made a common supplication, they implored the merciful Lord to be wholly reconciled with his servants.

For I am persuaded that he in gentleness and kindness will follow my purpose and treat you with indulgence.

and falling down upon the step in front of the altar, implored him to become gracious to them, and be an enemy to their enemies and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declares.

showed kindness and graciously received Maccabaeus, left Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais even to the Gerrenians,

But do you, O king, having informed yourself of these things severally, take thought both for our country and for our race, which is surrounded by foes, according to the gracious kindness with which you receive all.

Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithradates his treasurer,

Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him to all the treasurers and governors and captains and satraps, that they should safely bring on their way both him, and all those that should go up with him to build Jerusalem.

Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favor, because the Lord had visited the captivity;

and that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and carried away to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.

for that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Ezra 7:1, etc. And after these things, when Artaxerxes the king of the Persians reigned, came Ezdras the son of Azaraias, the son of Zechrias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salem,

And the king did him honor: for he found grace in hid sight in all his requests.

in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king’s seventh year; for they went from Babylon on the new moon of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave them for his sake.

King Artaxerxes to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, greeting:

Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites, and of those within our realm, as are willing and desirous, should go with you to Jerusalem.

and has honored me in the sight of the king, and his counselors, and all his friends and nobles.

And again we implored our lord as touching these things, and found him favourable to us.

And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, until we came to Jerusalem, by the mighty hand of our Lord which was upon us: and the Lord delivered us from assault by the way, from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.

Yes, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food,

And all that is befallen is done to us for our wicked works and great sins: for you, O Lord, did make our sins light,

for you are the Lord Most High, of great compassion, longsuffering and abundant in mercy, and repent of bringing evils upon men.

You, O Lord, according to your great goodness have promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned against you: and of your infinite mercies have appointed repentance to sinners, that they may be saved. You therefore, O Lord, that are the God of the just, have not appointed repentance to the just, to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against you; but you have appointed repentance to me that am a sinner:

for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions are multiplied, O Lord: my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of my iniquities.

Now therefore I bow the knee of my heart, beseeching you of grace.

Blot out our iniquities, and do away with our errors, and show forth your compassion in this hour.

He, however, who has sent his good creature sleep from all time by night or by day thus gratifying whom he wills, diffused a portion thereof now upon the king.

By this sweet and profound influence of the Lord he was held fast, and thus his unjust purpose was quite frustrated, and his unflinching resolve greatly falsified.

The Ruler over all did during this time manifest forth his mercy gloriously, and did deliver them all together unharmed.

How long shall I forbear them, to whom I have done so much good?

I divided among you fruitful lands; I cast out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines, before you: what shall I yet do more for you? says the Lord.

I take to witness the grace of the people that shall come, whose little ones rejoice with gladness: and though they see me not with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they shall believe the thing that I say.

Mother, embrace your children; I will bring them out with gladness like a dove; establish their feet; for I have chosen you, says the Lord.

Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim mercy to them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.

Then answered I and said, if I have found favor in your sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,

Then said I, Lord, I beseech you, if I have found favor in your sight, show your servant by whom you visit your creature.

I answered then and said, O Lord that bear rule, If I have found favor in your sight,

And I answered and said, if I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, show this also to your servant, whether after death, even now when every one of us gives up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come, in which you shall renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented forthwith.

I answered then and said, I know, Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, in that he has mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world;

and longsuffering, for that he long suffers those that have sinned, as his creatures;

and bountiful, for that he is ready to give rather than to exact;

and of great mercy, for that he multiplies more and more mercies to those who are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come;

(for if he multiplied not his mercies, the world would not continue with those who dwell therein;)

and one that forgives, for if he did not forgive of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men would not remain living;

that the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, and afterwards you shall order it in your mercy.

hear, O Lord, the prayer of your servant, and give ear to the petition of your handiwork;

O look not upon the sins of your people; but on those who have served you in truth,

Take you no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts; but love those who have always put their trust in your glory.

For we and our fathers have passed our lives in ways that bring death: but you because of us sinners are called merciful.

For if you have a desire to have mercy upon us, then shall you be called merciful, to us, namely, that have no works of righteousness.

For in this, O Lord, your righteousness and your goodness shall be declared, if you be merciful to them which have no store of good works.