Bible Verses about 'Mercy'
He [God] has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the
Lord require of you? To act justly and to love
mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in
mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved.
The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of
mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
I love the Lord. He heard my voice; he heard my cry for
mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great
mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
I urge you, brothers, in view of God's
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received
mercy, but now you have received
mercy.
[Zechariah prophesied concerning John,] "You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender
mercy of our God."
Hear my prayer, O
Lord; listen to my cry for
mercy. In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.
O
Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for
mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the
Lord God Almighty will have
mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
May the Lord show
mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
But go and learn what this means: I desire
mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
This is what the
Lord Almighty says: "Administer true justice; show
mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other."
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in
mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved.
Jesus did not let [the man from whom he had cast out a legion of demons] come with him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had
mercy on you."
Peace and
mercy to all who follow this rule — to the Israel of God. Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship.
Know that the
Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the
Lord require of you? To act justly and to love
mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's
mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Illustrated Bible Verses on 'Mercy'