The Merciful

And while he lingered, The men laid hold upon his hand, and upon The hand of his wife, and upon The hand of his two daughters; The LORD being Merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without The city.

• Abundant
• Truth

And The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, Merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

• Covenant

(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.

Be Merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And The blood shall be forgiven them.

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge The blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be Merciful unto his land, and to his people.

With The Merciful thou wilt shew thyself Merciful, and with The upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

• Cord

And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that The kings of The house of Israel are Merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to The king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

For if ye turn again unto The LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for The LORD your God is gracious and Merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

With The Merciful thou wilt shew thyself Merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

{To The chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when The Philistines took him in Gath.} Be Merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

{To The chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in The cave.} Be Merciful unto me, O God, be Merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in The shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

• Prayer

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, The God of Israel, awake to visit all The heathen: be not Merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

{To The chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.} God be Merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

The LORD is Merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Gracious is The LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is Merciful.

For his Merciful kindness is great toward us: and The truth of The LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye The LORD.

The Merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and Merciful men are taken away, none considering that The righteous is taken away from The evil to come.

Go and proclaim these words toward The north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith The LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am Merciful, saith The LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto The LORD your God: for he is gracious and Merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of The evil.

And he prayed unto The LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and Merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of The evil.

• Merciful
• Character

Blessed are The Merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

• Prayer

And The publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be Merciful to me a sinner.

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a Merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for The sins of The people.