God's Virtuous Dispositions (2 of 2)

God's character is made known through scripture. This list reveals the virtues that God is and exhibits.

Merciful (Mercy/Mercies)

Wisdom

Deuteronomy 13:17 KJV - "And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;"

2 Samuel 22:26 KJV - "With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright."

Psalm 18:25 KJV - "With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;"

God's Testimonials

Exodus 20:6 KJV - "And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."

Exodus 34:6 KJV - "And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,"

Deuteronomy 5:10 KJV - "And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments."

2 Samuel 7:15 KJV - "But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee."

1 Chronicles 17:13 KJV - "I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:"

Psalm 89:24 KJV - "But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted."

Psalm 89:28 KJV - "My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him."

Isaiah 55:3 KJV - "Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David."

Isaiah 60:10 KJV - "And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee."

Jeremiah 3:12 KJV - "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."

Jeremiah 33:26 KJV - "Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them."

Jeremiah 42:12 KJV - "And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land."

Ezekiel 39:25 KJV - "Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;"

Hosea 6:6 KJV - "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."

Zechariah 1:16 KJV - "Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem."

Zechariah 10:6 KJV - "And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them."

Hebrews 8:12 KJV - "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."

Others’ Testimonials

Genesis 19:16 KJV - "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."

Genesis 19:19 KJV - "Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:"

Genesis 24:27 KJV - "And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."

Genesis 32:10 KJV - "I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands."

Genesis 39:21 KJV - "But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison."

Exodus 15:13 KJV - "Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation."

Exodus 33:19 KJV - "And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy."

Exodus 34:6-7 KJV - "6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation."

Numbers 14:18-19 KJV - "18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

Deuteronomy 4:31 KJV - "(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."

Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV - "Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;"

Deuteronomy 7:12 KJV - "Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:"

Deuteronomy 32:43 KJV - "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."

2 Samuel 22:51 KJV - "He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore."

2 Samuel 24:14 KJV - "And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man."

1 Kings 3:6 KJV - "And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day."

1 Kings 8:23 KJV - "And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:"

2 Chronicles 1:8 KJV - "And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead."

1 Chronicles 21:13 KJV - "And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man."

2 Chronicles 6:14 KJV - "And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:"

2 Chronicles 30:9 KJV - "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."

Ezra 7:28 KJV - "And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me."

Ezra 9:9 KJV - "For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem."

Nehemiah 1:5 KJV - "And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:"

Nehemiah 9:17, 31 KJV - "And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. ... Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God."

Nehemiah 9:19 KJV - "Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go."

Nehemiah 9:27 KJV - "Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies."

Nehemiah 9:28 KJV - "But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;"

Nehemiah 9:32 KJV - "Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day."

Job 37:13 KJV - "He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy."

Psalm 5:7 KJV - "But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple."

Psalm 13:5 KJV - "But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation."

Psalm 18:50 KJV - "Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore."

Psalm 21:7 KJV - "For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved."

Psalm 23:6 KJV - "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."

Psalm 25:10 KJV - "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies."

Psalm 31:7 KJV - "I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;"

Psalm 32:10 KJV - "Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about."

Psalm 33:18 KJV - "Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;"

Psalm 36:5 KJV - "Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds."

Psalm 37:26 KJV - "He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed."

Psalm 52:8 KJV - "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever."

Psalm 57:10 KJV - "For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds."

Psalm 59:10 KJV - "The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies."

Psalm 59:16 KJV - "But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble."

Psalm 59:17 KJV - "Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy."

Psalm 62:12 KJV - "Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work."

Psalm 66:20 KJV - "Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me."

Psalm 86:5 KJV - "For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in 

mercy unto all them that call upon thee."

Psalm 86:13 KJV - "For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell."

Psalm 86:15 KJV - "But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth."

Psalm 89:1 KJV - "Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations."

Psalm 89:2 KJV - "For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens."

Psalm 98:3 KJV - "He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God."

Psalm 100:5 KJV - "For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations."

Psalm 101:1 KJV - "A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing."

Psalm 103:4 KJV - "Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;"

Psalm 103:8 KJV - "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy."

Psalm 103:11 KJV - "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him."

Psalm 103:17 KJV - "But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;"

Psalm 106:7 KJV - "Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea."

Psalm 106:45 KJV - "And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies."

Psalm 108:4 KJV - "For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds."

Psalm 109:21 KJV - "But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me."

Psalm 115:1 KJV - "Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake."

Psalm 116:5 KJV - "Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful."

Psalm 117:2 KJV - "For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD."

Psalm 119:64 KJV - "The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes."

Psalm 119:156 KJV - "Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments."

Psalm 130:7 KJV - "Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption."

Psalm 138:8 KJV - "The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands."

Psalm 145:8 KJV - "The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy."

Psalm 145:9 KJV - "The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works."

Psalm 147:11 KJV - "The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy."

Proverbs 16:6 KJV - "By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil."

Isaiah 30:18 KJV - "And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him."

Isaiah 49:10 KJV - "They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them."

Isaiah 54:10 KJV - "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee."

Isaiah 55:7 KJV - "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."

Isaiah 63:7 KJV - "I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses."

Lamentations 3:22 KJV - "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not."

Lamentations 3:32 KJV - "But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies."

Hosea 14:3 KJV - "Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy."

Joel 2:13 KJV - "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."

Jonah 4:2 KJV - "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."

Micah 7:18 KJV - "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy."

Micah 7:20 KJV - "Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old."

Luke 1:50 KJV - "And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation."

Luke 1:54 KJV - "He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;"

Luke 1:58 KJV - "And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her."

Luke 1:72 KJV - "To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;"

Luke 1:78 KJV - "Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,"

Romans 9:15-16, 18 KJV - "15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy…. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth."

Romans 11:32 KJV - "For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all."

Romans 12:1 KJV - "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."

Romans 15:9 KJV - "And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name."

2 Corinthians 1:3 KJV - "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;"

Ephesians 2:4 KJV - "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,"

Philippians 2:27 KJV - "For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow."

James 5:11 KJV - "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."

1 Peter 1:3 KJV - "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,"

His Mercy Endureth Forever

1 Chronicles 16:34 KJV - "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever."

1 Chronicles 16:41 KJV - "And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;"

2 Chronicles 5:13 KJV - "It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;"

2 Chronicles 7:3 KJV - "And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever."

2 Chronicles 7:6 KJV - "And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood."

2 Chronicles 20:21 KJV - "And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever."

Ezra 3:11 KJV - "And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid."

Psalm 106:1 KJV - "Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."

Psalm 107:1 KJV - "O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."

Psalm 118:1 KJV - "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever."

Psalm 118:2 KJV - "Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever."

Psalm 118:3 KJV - "Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever."

Psalm 118:4 KJV - "Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever."

Psalm 118:29 KJV - "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."

Psalm 136:1-26 KJV - "1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. 10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: 12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. 13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: 20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: 21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: 22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever."

Jeremiah 33:11 KJV - "The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD."

Jesus' Testimonials

Matthew 9:13 KJV - "But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (also Matthew 12:7)

Others’ Testimonials of Jesus

Hebrews 2:17 KJV - "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."

Titus 3:5 KJV - "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;"

Hebrews 2:17 KJV - "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."

Jude 1:21 KJV - "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."

Others’ Testimonials of Wisdom

James 3:17 KJV - "But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."

Petitioning from God

Genesis 43:14 KJV - "And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

Deuteronomy 21:8 KJV - "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."

2 Samuel 15:20 KJV - "Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee."

2 Chronicles 6:42 KJV - "O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant."

Nehemiah 1:11 KJV - "O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer."

Nehemiah 13:22 KJV - "And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy."

Psalm 4:1 KJV - "To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer."

Psalm 6:2 KJV - "Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed."

Psalm 6:4 KJV - "Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake."

Psalm 9:13 KJV - "Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:"

Psalm 25:6 KJV - "Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old."

Psalm 25:7 KJV - "Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD."

Psalm 25:16 KJV - "Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted."

Psalm 26:11 KJV - "But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me."

Psalm 27:7 KJV - "Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me."

Psalm 30:10 KJV - "Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper."

Psalm 31:9 KJV - "Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly."

Psalm 33:22 KJV - "Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee."

Psalm 26:11 KJV - "But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me."

Psalm 40:11 KJV - "Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me."

Psalm 41:4 KJV - "I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee."

Psalm 41:10 KJV - "But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them."

Psalm 44:26 KJV - "Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake."

Psalm 51:1 KJV - "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions."

Psalm 56:1 KJV - "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."

Psalm 57:1 KJV - "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."

Psalm 67:1 KJV - "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."

Psalm 61:7 KJV - "He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him."

Psalm 69:16 KJV - "Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies."

Psalm 79:8 KJV - "O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low."

Psalm 85:7 KJV - "Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation."

Psalm 86:3 KJV - "Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily."

Psalm 86:16 KJV - "O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid."

Psalm 90:14 KJV - "O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days."

Psalm 94:18 KJV - "When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up."

Psalm 102:13 KJV - "Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come."

Psalm 109:26 KJV - "Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:"

Psalm 119:41 KJV - "VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word."

Psalm 119:58 KJV - "I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word."

Psalm 119:76 KJV - "Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant."

Psalm 119:77 KJV - "Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight."

Psalm 119:124 KJV - "Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes."

Psalm 119:132 KJV - "Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name."

Psalm 123:3 KJV - "Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt."

Psalm 143:12 KJV - "And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant."

Isaiah 63:15 KJV - "Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?"

Daniel 2:17-18 KJV - "17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon."

Daniel 9:3-4, 9, 18 KJV - "3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; ... 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; ... 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies."

Habakkuk 3:2 KJV - "O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy."

Luke 18:13 KJV - "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."

1 Timothy 1:2 KJV - "Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord."

Titus 1:4 KJV - "To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour."

2 John 1:3 KJV - "Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."

Petitioning from Jesus

Matthew 9:27 KJV - "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us."

Matthew 15:22 KJV - "And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."

Matthew 17:15 KJV - "Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water."

Matthew 20:30 KJV - "And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David."

Matthew 20:31 KJV - "And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David."

Mark 10:47 KJV - "And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me."

Mark 10:48 KJV - "And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me."

Luke 17:13 KJV - "And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

Luke 18:38 KJV - "And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me."

Luke 18:39 KJV - "And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me."

1 Timothy 1:2 KJV - "Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord."

2 Timothy 1:16 KJV - "The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:"

2 Timothy 1:18 KJV - "The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well."

Titus 1:4 KJV - "To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour."

2 John 1:3 KJV - "Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."

Resulting from God​​

Proverbs 3:3 KJV - "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:"

Proverbs 14:22 KJV - "Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good."

Proverbs 20:28 KJV - "Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy."

Proverbs 28:13 KJV - "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."

Isaiah 16:5 KJV - "And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness."

Romans 9:23 KJV - "And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,"

Romans 11:30 KJV - "For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:"

Galatians 6:16 KJV - "And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God."

2 Corinthians 4:1 KJV - "Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;"

1 Timothy 1:13, 16 KJV - "13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief…. 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting."

Hebrews 4:16 KJV - "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

1 Peter 2:10 KJV - "Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."

Jude 1:2 KJV - "Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied."

Resulting from the Lord

1 Corinthians 7:25 KJV - "Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." 

Prophetic

Psalm 57:3 KJV - "He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth."

Psalm 89:14 KJV - "Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face."

Psalm 123:2 KJV - "Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us."

Isaiah 14:1 KJV - "For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob."

Isaiah 49:13 KJV - "Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted."

Isaiah 54:7 KJV - "For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee."

Isaiah 54:8 KJV - "In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer."

Jeremiah 30:18 KJV - "Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof."

Jeremiah 31:20 KJV - "Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD."

Hosea 1:7 KJV - "But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen."

Hosea 2:19 KJV - "And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies."

Hosea 2:23 KJV - "And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God."

Acts 13:34 KJV - "And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David."

Withholding Mercy

Psalm 59:5 KJV - "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."

Psalm 77:8 KJV - "Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?"

Psalm 77:9 KJV - "Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah."

Psalm 109:12 KJV - "Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children."

Isaiah 9:17 KJV - "Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still."

Isaiah 27:11 KJV - "When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour."

Jeremiah 13:14 KJV - "And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them."

Jeremiah 16:5 KJV - "For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies."

Jeremiah 21:7 KJV - "And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy."

Hosea 1:6 KJV - "And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away."

Hosea 2:4 KJV - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."

Zechariah 1:12 KJV - "Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?"

Hebrews 10:28 KJV - "He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:"

James 2:13 KJV - "For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment."

Mercy Seat

Exodus 25:17 KJV - "And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof."

Exodus 25:18 KJV - "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat."

Exodus 25:19 KJV - "And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof."

Exodus 25:20 KJV - "And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be."

Exodus 25:21 KJV - "And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee."

Exodus 25:22 KJV - "And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel."

Exodus 26:34 KJV - "And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place."

Exodus 30:6 KJV - "And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee."

Exodus 31:7 KJV - "The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,"

Exodus 35:12 KJV - "The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,"

Exodus 37:6 KJV - "And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof."

Exodus 37:7 KJV - "And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;"

Exodus 37:8 KJV - "One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof."

Exodus 37:9 KJV - "And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims."

Exodus 39:35 KJV - "The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,"

Exodus 40:20 KJV - "And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:"

Leviticus 16:2 KJV - "And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat."

Leviticus 16:13 KJV - "And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:"

Leviticus 16:14 KJV - "And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times."

Leviticus 16:15 KJV - "Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:"

Numbers 7:89 KJV - "And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him."

1 Chronicles 28:11 KJV - "Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,"

Hebrews 9:5 KJV - "And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly."