God's Mercy Towards Us
Psalm 103:8 — The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
Ephesians 2:4-5 — But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
Lamentations 3:22-23 — Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Romans 9:15 — For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
Our Call to Show Mercy
Matthew 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
Luke 6:36 — Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
James 2:13 — For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
The Results of Mercy
Proverbs 11:17 — The merciful man does good for his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Micah 6:8 — He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
Matthew 18:33 — Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’
Mercy in Action
Luke 10:33-34 — But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Colossians 3:12 — Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;