Bible Verses about Mercy
- Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
- 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.
- Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin. - For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.
- Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy. - Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him! - For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good. - Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me. - Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever. - May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands. - What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!
- Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,
who conduct their affairs with justice. - But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
- Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy. - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
- Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,
but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. - But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!
- Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon. - Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
- May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
- He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will not be angry forever.’But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.Next verse!With image