Bible Verses About Mercy

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.

He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.