Bible Verses About Mercy

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

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?

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.