Mercy During Difficult Times
Matthew 5:7 BSB
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
James 2:13 BSB
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Romans 9:15 BSB
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
James 5:11 BSB
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Psalm 51:1 BSB
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
2 Chronicles 30:9 BSB
For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
Psalm 25:18 BSB
Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
Jeremiah 13:14 BSB
I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
Deuteronomy 13:17 BSB
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
1 Kings 8:50 BSB
May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
Exodus 33:19 BSB
“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Psalm 28:6 BSB
Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
Psalm 30:10 BSB
Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
Luke 18:38 BSB
So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 6:36 BSB
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Psalm 103:8 BSB
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Micah 6:8 BSB
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Isaiah 55:7 BSB
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
James 1:5 BSB
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Proverbs 9:10 BSB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.