1137 verses about Mercy

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.

Water will quench a flaming fire; And almsgiving will make atonement for sins.

My son, deprive not the poor of his living, And make not the needy eyes to wait long.

Make not a hungry soul sorrowful; Neither provoke a man in his distress.

To a heart that is provoked add not more trouble; And defer not to give to him that is in need.

Reject not a suppliant in his affliction; And turn not away your face from a poor man.

Turn not away your eye from one that asks of you, And give none occasion to a man to curse you:

For if he curse you in the bitterness of his soul, He that made him will hear his supplication.

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.

Laugh not a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul; For there is one who humbles and exalts.

Be not lacking to those who weep; And mourn with those who mourn.

Be not slow to visit a sick man; For by such things you will gain love.

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,

He that keeps not to himself words spoken is unmerciful; And he will not spare to hurt and to bind.

Even if there be one stiff-necked person, It is marvel if he will be unpunished: For mercy and wrath are with him; He is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath.

As his mercy is great, so is his correction also: He judges a man according to his works.

He will make room for every work of mercy; Each man will find according to his works.

With him the alms of a man is as a signet; And he will keep the bounty of a man as the apple of the eye.

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

Who shall number the strength of his majesty? And who shall also tell out his mercies?

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.

The mercy of a man is upon his neighbor; But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh; Reproving, and chastening, and teaching, And bringing again, as a shepherd does his flock.

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

Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, And his judgement comes speedily.

Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done you; And then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.

Upon a man like himself he has no mercy; And does he make supplication for his own sins?

He that shows mercy will lend to his neighbor; And he that strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.

Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake; And according to his need send him not empty away.

Help your neighbor according to your power, And take heed to yourself that you fall not to the same.

If you have a servant, let him be as yourself, Because you have bought him with blood.

If you have a servant, treat him as yourself; For as your own soul will you have need of him: If you treat him ill, and he depart and run away, Which way will you go to seek him?

Till he have rendered to every man according to his doings, And to the works of men according to their plans; Till he have judged the cause of his people; And he shall make them to rejoice in his mercy.

Mercy is seasonable in the time of his afflicting them, As clouds of rain in the time of drought.

Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold;

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

If there is on her tongue mercy and meekness, Her husband is not like the sons of men.

But these were men of mercy, Whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten.

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.

Also in the time of Moses he did a work of mercy, He and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, In that they withstood the adversary, Hindered the people from sin, And stilled the murmuring of wickedness.

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 they called upon the Lord which is merciful, Spreading forth their hands to him: And the Holy One heard them speedily out of Heaven, And delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.

And the people implored the Lord Most High, In prayer before him that is merciful. Till the worship of the Lord should be ended; And so they accomplished his service.

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.

To intrust his mercy with us; And let him deliver us in his time!

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;

And I remembered your mercy, O Lord, And your working which has been from everlasting, How you deliver those who wait for you, And save them out of the hand of the enemies.

May your soul rejoice in his mercy, And may you⌃ not be put to shame in praising him.

Let your wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where you have scattered us.

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:

O Lord, look down from your holy house, and consider us: incline your ear, O Lord, and hear:

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

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God: yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you.

Remember not the iniquities of our fathers: but remember your power and your name now at this time.

For I have trusted in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come to you from the Everlasting your Saviour.

For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that comes from him.

They can show no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.

and cause not your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham that is beloved of you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one;

Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burned offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to offer before you, and to find mercy.

And now we follow you with all our heart, we fear you, and seek your face. Put us not to shame: but deal with us after your kindness, and according to the multitude of your mercy.

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

O all you⌃ that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks: for his mercy endures forever.

David for being merciful inherited the throne of a kingdom forever and ever.

And the congregation was gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask for mercy and compassion.

And they returned home, and sang a song of thanksgiving, and gave praise to heaven; because his mercy is good, because his mercy endures forever.

And instead of the third part of the seed, and instead of the half of the fruit of the trees, which falls to me to receive, I release it from this day and henceforth, so that I will not take it from the land of Judah, and from the three governments which are added thereto from the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth and for all time.

And every soul of the Jews, that has been carried captive from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom, I set at liberty without price; and let all remit the tributes of their cattle also.

And whoever shall flee to the temple that is at Jerusalem, and be found within all the borders thereof, whether one owe moneys to the king, or any other matter, let them go free, and all that they have in my kingdom.

As for any oversights and faults committed to this day, we forgive them, and the crown which you⌃ owed us: and if there were any other toll exacted in Jerusalem, let it be exacted no longer.

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

But now I am old, and you⌃ moreover, by his mercy, are of a sufficient age: be you⌃ instead of me and my brother, and go forth and fight for our nation; but let the help which is from heaven be with you.

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,

Gather together our Dispersion, set at liberty those who are in bondage among the heathen, look upon those who are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that you are our God.

But when Jeremiah perceived it, he blamed them, saying, Yes and the place shall be unknown until God gather the people again together, and mercy come:

even as he promised through the law,— in God have we hope, that he will quickly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of all the earth to the holy place: for he delivered us out of great evils, and purified the place. ____________________

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:

But quickly certain of Heliodorus’s familiar friends implored Onias to call upon the Most High, and grant life to him who lay quite at the last gasp.

But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest ill success, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow-countrymen.

Wherefore also the place itself, having partaken in the calamities that befell the nation, did afterward share in its benefits; and the place which was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty was, at the reconciliation of the great Sovereign, restored again with all glory.

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.

For in the case of the other nations the Sovereign Lord does with longsuffering forbear, until that he punish them when they have attained to the full measure of their sins; but not so judged he as touching us,

Wherefore he never withdraws his mercy from us; but though he chasteneth with calamity, yet does he not forsake his own people.

Therefore the Creator of the world, who fashioned the generation of man and devised the generation of all things, in mercy gives back to you again both your spirit and your life, as you⌃ now contemn your own selves for his laws’ sake.

Don’t be afraid of this butcher, but, proving yourself worthy of your kindred, accept your death, that in the mercy of God I may receive you again with your kindred.

and if for rebuke and chastening our living Lord has been angered a little while, yet shall he again be reconciled with his own servants.

and to have pity on the city also that was suffering ruin and ready to be made even even with the ground; and to hearken to the blood that cried to him;

And when Maccabaeus had trained his men for service, the heathen at once found him irresistible, for that the wrath of the Lord was turned into pity.

And when they had gathered the arms of the enemy together, and had stripped off their spoils, they occupied themselves about the Sabbath, blessing and thanking the Lord exceedingly, who had saved them to this day, for that he had caused a beginning of mercy to distil upon them.

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 when they had done these things, they fell prostrate and implored the Lord that they might fall no more into such evils; but that, if ever they should sin, they might be chastened by him with forbearance, and not be delivered to blaspheming and barbarous heathen.

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.

And they all together praised the merciful God, and were yet more strengthened in heart: being ready to assail not men only but the wildest beasts, and walls of iron,

they advanced in array, having him that is in heaven to fight on their side, for the Lord had mercy on them.

that the Jews use their own proper meats and observe their own laws, even as heretofore; and none of them shall be in any way molested for the things that have been ignorantly done.

But when the Jews that were settled there testified of the good will that the Scythopolitans had shewn toward them, and of their kindly bearing toward them in the times of their misfortune,