Mercy
virtueCompassion that withholds deserved punishment — the heart of God extended through his people.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
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Mercy connects to different paths in Scripture:
Mercy arises from Atonement and The Cross, and leads to Peace.
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 17 verses
“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?”
Read in context →“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
Read in context →“O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
Read in context →“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,”
Read in context →“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
Read in context →“For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.”
Read in context →“For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.”
Read in context →“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”
Read in context →“And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.”
Read in context →“(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.”
Read in context →“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,”
Read in context →“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Read in context →“Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?”
Read in context →“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
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