But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.
He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)
And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.
And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:
And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.
And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.
But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;
Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.
And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.
The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.
May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.
And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:
Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.
For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.
The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.
Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.
Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.
Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;
For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.
<A Psalm. Of David.> I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.
You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted.
For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.
The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.
Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds.
Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.
Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;
Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy.
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
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