What Does the Bible Say About Mercy And Merit?

Matthew 5:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

James 2:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Titus 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Romans 9:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

Luke 6:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Micah 6:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Isaiah 30:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Proverbs 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.

Psalm 103:8-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

11 Bible Verses about Mercy And Merit

Matthew 5:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 6:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Micah 6:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 30:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 103:8-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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11 Bible Verses about Mercy And Merit

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Matthew 5:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 2:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 3:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 6:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Micah 6:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 30:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 103:8-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes