Topic

Merciful

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Psalms 103:8

Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

John 3:15–18

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Psalms 145:8

Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

Proverbs 31:8–9

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

Psalms 145:14–20

Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 10:17

“I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”

Deuteronomy 4:31

For Yahweh your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.

Hebrews 8:12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalms 103:10–13

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. — read the full passage →

Psalms 25:6–9

Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 7:6–8

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. — read the full passage →

Exodus 34:5–6

Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name. — read the full passage →

Exodus 33:17–23

Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” — read the full passage →

Psalms 34:14–16

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it. — read the full passage →

Psalms 34:1–18

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 25:32–34

David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! — read the full passage →

Ruth 4:8–10

So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” He took off his shoe. — read the full passage →

Genesis 21:16–18

She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:31–32

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:19

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Matthew 25:34–40

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 33:10–11

You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: Thus you speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live? — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 18:23

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

Psalms 132:11–12

Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne. — read the full passage →

Psalms 126:1–6

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. — read the full passage →

Psalms 51:16–18

For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. — read the full passage →

2 Samuel 22:25–28

Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. — read the full passage →

2 Samuel 9:6–7

Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth.” He answered, “Behold, your servant!” — read the full passage →

Leviticus 19:18

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

Genesis 50:19–21

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God? — read the full passage →

Genesis 18:13–15

Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?’ — read the full passage →

Genesis 17:1–8

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless. — read the full passage →

Genesis 16:7–11

Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur. — read the full passage →

Revelation 20:11–15

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

Revelation 20:4

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

James 2:23

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

James 2:8

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

Hebrews 4:14–16

Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 3:16–20

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; — read the full passage →

Romans 14:10–12

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 2:1–4

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

Acts 10:34–36

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; — read the full passage →

Acts 4:12

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Luke 22:31–32

The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat, — read the full passage →

Luke 10:27

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Jonah 3:4–10

Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!” — read the full passage →

Jonah 2:1–10

Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly. — read the full passage →

Joel 2:13

Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

Ezekiel 36:25–27

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. — read the full passage →

Psalms 86:3

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Leviticus 24:17

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

John 8:4–11

they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. — read the full passage →

John 3:17

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

Luke 19:7–9

When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.” — read the full passage →

Luke 18:10–14

“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. — read the full passage →

Luke 15:4–7

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? — read the full passage →

Luke 7:44–50

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:36–38

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:35–38

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. — read the full passage →

Luke 5:30–32

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” — read the full passage →

Luke 1:67–79

His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, — read the full passage →

Luke 1:35

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Mark 12:31

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 6:34

Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Matthew 25:31–46

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

Matthew 7:7–12

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:1–2

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:14–15

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:41–42

Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. — read the full passage →

Micah 7:18–20

Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. — read the full passage →

Jonah 4:9–11

God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.” — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 34:8–13

As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep; — read the full passage →

Psalms 62:12

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

Ephesians 2:4–9

But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 5:18–20

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; — read the full passage →

Romans 12:13–16

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:9–21

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Isaiah 53:1–12

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

Isaiah 25:7–9

He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. — read the full passage →

Psalms 82:3–4

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 19:9–17

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:3–5

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:16–18

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. — read the full passage →

James 2:11–13

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:1–3

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

Philippians 2:3–8

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 24:11–12

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 1:7

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

John 15:14–16

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 49:14–16

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” — read the full passage →

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