What Does the Bible Say About The Mercy Of God?

Ephesians 2:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Psalm 86:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

2 Corinthians 1:3 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

Titus 3:5 ESV / 10 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,

Exodus 33:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Psalm 145:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

Luke 1:50 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

Micah 7:18 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

Psalm 103:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Nehemiah 9:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

Matthew 5:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Psalm 136:1-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever; ...

Psalm 59:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psalm 25:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.

Psalm 23:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Exodus 34:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

James 2:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Mark 4:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

Matthew 9:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Jeremiah 3:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, “‘Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever.

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.

Psalm 103:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

Psalm 51:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

2 Chronicles 30:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”

2 Samuel 24:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Psalm 103:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,

Psalm 103:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

Psalm 57:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

Psalm 32:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

Deuteronomy 7:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

1 John 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Psalm 52:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

40 Bible Verses about The Mercy Of God

Ephesians 2:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 86:5 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 1:3 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 3:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 33:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 145:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:50 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Micah 7:18 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nehemiah 9:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 136:1-26 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 59:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 25:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 34:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 4:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 3:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 30:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 51:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 30:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 24:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 57:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 32:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 7:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 52:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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