Bible Verses About Mercy

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

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. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

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

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

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

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

So shalt thou find favour 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 neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy 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 honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

¶ Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

¶ He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

¶ 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 shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, 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 with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.