Bible Verses About Mercy

With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,

And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, `Do I smite--do I smite--my father?'

And he saith, `Thou dost not smite; those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow art thou smiting? set bread and water before them, and they eat, and drink, and go unto their lord.'

And he prepareth for them great provision, and they eat and drink, and he sendeth them away, and they go unto their lord: and troops of Aram have not added any more to come in to the land of Israel.

With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed is for a blessing.

Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.

`Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife is to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,

Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea--they are removed.

And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what is good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.