Mercy


Mercy 


What is mercy?
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Dictionary - mercy
a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion May God have mercy on us.

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Mercy is another positive key word in the Bible.


God loves mercy.


God is all about mercy.
Mercy is about love and forgiveness.


God consigned us all to disobedience so he would have mercy in us.



We are to have mercy for others, it’s about compassion, empathy, love and sympathy. 


Jude 1;2
May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you!

Matthew 5;7
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.


Romans 11;32
For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all.

Proverbs 3;3
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.


Psalm 6;2
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking!

Psalm 25;16
Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

Psalm 27;7
Hear me, O Lord, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

Psalm 28;6
The Lord deserves praise, for he has heard my plea for mercy!

Psalm 39;12
Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

Psalm 41;4
As for me, I said: “O Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

Nehemiah 9;31

However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

2 Timothy 1;2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

James 2;13
For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 3;17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

2 John 1;3
Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Genesis 42;21
They said to one another, “Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

Exodus 33;19
And the Lord said, “I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”

2 Samuel 24;14
David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”

1 Kings 8;50
Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.


Joshua 11;20
for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.


2 Kings 13;4
Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy and the Lord responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.



2 Kings 13;23
But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.


2 Chronicles 6;37
When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray, we have done evil!’


2 Chronicles 30;9
For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you if you return to him.”



2 Chronicles 33;12-13
12 In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. 13 When he prayed to the Lord, the Lord responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The Lord brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.


Psalm 6;2
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking!


Psalm 25;16
Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

Psalm 28;6
The Lord deserves praise, for he has heard my plea for mercy!


Psalm 39;12
Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.


Psalm 41;4
As for me, I said: “O Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

Proverbs 3;3
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Matthew 5;7
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Mark 5;19
But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”


Romans 9;15
For he says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”


Romans 9;16
So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.


Romans 9;18
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

Romans 11;32
For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all.


2 Corinthians 4;1
[ The Light of the Gospel ] Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.


Galatians 6;16
And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.


Ephesians 2;4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us.


1 Timothy 1;2
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.


1 Timothy 1;16
But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.


2 Timothy 1;2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.


Titus 3;5
he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.


Hebrews 4;16
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.


James 2;13
For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.


James 3;17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.



James 5;11
Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.


1 Peter 1;3
[ New Birth to Joy and Holiness ] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

2 John 1;3
Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Jude 1;2
May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you!


Jude 1;21
maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.

Jude 1;23
save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.



3/11/19