Mercy is described throughout Scripture as God’s consistent character toward people who have not earned it. This page gathers verified verses on mercy.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
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.
Psalms 23:6
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Psalms 27:7
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37:21
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Psalms 103:4
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalms 103:8
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms 103:11
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
Psalms 103:17
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Psalms 145:8
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Psalms 145:9
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs 3:3
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Psalms 25:6
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Psalms 25:7
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms 25:10
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalms 25:16
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
Psalms 30:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 32:10
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Psalms 40:11
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 51:1
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Psalms 62:12
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalms 100:5
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Psalm 136’s repeated refrain, “his mercy endureth for ever,” repeated after every single verse, emphasizes mercy as God’s unchanging, constant character.
This connects to a pattern found throughout Bible Verses About Mercy.
If this speaks to your current situation, you may also want to read Bible Verses For Forgiveness and Healing or Bible Verses For Believing in God, both of which touch on related ground.
Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
This is one of the reasons Bible Verses About Mercy continue to matter to readers.
If you lead a small group or Bible study, Bible Verses About Mercy can serve as a starting point for discussion, since each verse invites a natural follow-up question about how it applies practically.
Praying through Bible Verses About Mercy slowly, pausing after each verse, is a different practice than simply reading them, and many readers find it changes how the words are received.
Many readers find it helpful to read through Bible Verses About Mercy slowly, one verse at a time, rather than all at once, allowing each to settle before moving to the next.
Consider keeping a small journal specifically for Bible Verses About Mercy, noting which verse stood out on a given day and why, since the same verse often speaks differently depending on what you are facing.
Memorizing even one or two verses from Bible Verses About Mercy can make them available in a moment when you do not have a Bible or this page nearby, which is often exactly when they matter most.
Sharing a specific verse from Bible Verses About Mercy with someone going through a similar season is one of the simplest ways this collection has been used by other readers.
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It can help to resist the urge to read through all twenty verses in Bible Verses About Mercy in one sitting. Scripture written centuries apart, in different circumstances, by different authors, tends to reward slower reading. Try picking just two or three verses at a time, reading each one twice, and sitting with it for a moment before moving on. You may notice a detail on the second reading that you missed on the first.
Every verse gathered in Bible Verses About Mercy was originally written as part of a larger passage, letter, or narrative. Reading a single verse on its own is genuinely useful, but if one particular verse stands out to you, it is worth taking a few extra minutes to read the surrounding chapter. Context rarely changes what a verse means, but it often deepens it.
Some readers use Bible Verses About Mercy purely as a reference, scanning for a specific verse. Others treat it as a starting point for prayer, reading one verse and then praying it back to God in their own words. Neither approach is more correct than the other; what matters is that the verse actually gets read, not just located.
Bookmark this page if Bible Verses About Mercy speaks to something you are currently facing. Verses that do not mean much to you today may become exactly what you need on a harder day next month. Scripture tends to work this way — the same words landing differently depending on where you are when you read them.
Consider reading through Bible Verses About Mercy with a friend, spouse, or small group rather than only alone. Discussing which verse stood out to each person, and why, often surfaces angles you would not have noticed reading by yourself. Scripture read in community has a long history for exactly this reason.
Every verse in Bible Verses About Mercy is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses About Mercy were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
There is no required order for working through Bible Verses About Mercy. Some readers start at the top and read straight through; others scroll until one verse catches their attention and start there instead. Both approaches work equally well, since each verse stands on its own even outside the sequence it is presented in.
Not every verse in Bible Verses About Mercy will land the same way on a first read. Scripture written thousands of years ago, in a very different culture, occasionally uses language or imagery that takes a moment to connect with a modern situation. If a particular verse feels unclear, reading it again after a day or two, or alongside a study Bible’s footnotes, often helps.
If you read Bible Verses About Mercy in a physical Bible rather than only on this page, consider marking the verses that stand out with a pencil, highlighter, or a note in a Bible app. Building a personal record of which verses have mattered to you, and when, turns a one-time reading into something you can return to years later.
If you found Bible Verses About Mercy through a search for something specific, it is worth bookmarking this page rather than relying on finding it again the same way. Search results change, but a saved page stays put, and Scripture on this particular subject tends to be needed more than once, not only in the moment you first went looking for it.
If Bible Verses About Mercy has been useful to you, consider passing the link along to someone else who might need it. Many readers first find a specific verse collection like this one because someone shared it with them directly, rather than through a search engine, and that simple act of sharing is often what makes a page like this genuinely useful rather than just accurate.
Scripture collections like Bible Verses About Mercy work best as a returning place, not a one-time stop. The verses here will still be accurate and still be relevant the next time you need them, whether that is tomorrow or a year from now, which is precisely the point of gathering them together in one place rather than leaving you to search for each one individually.
If this is the first time you have looked specifically for Bible Verses About Mercy, welcome. You do not need any particular background or prior Bible knowledge to read what is here — each verse is presented with its reference so you can look up more context whenever you want it.
Search engines and browser history are not always reliable ways to find a page again later. If Bible Verses About Mercy has been useful today, it may be worth saving the link directly, since the same collection tends to be useful again in a future season you cannot predict right now.
A handful of verses in Bible Verses About Mercy tend to stand out more than the rest on repeated reading, though which ones stand out often differs from person to person. There is no wrong choice here — the verse that matters most is usually the one that speaks directly to whatever you are carrying at the time you read it.
Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
Bible Verses About Mercy is meant to be read more than once. A first read gives you the full picture; a second or third read, spaced weeks apart, tends to surface a different verse as the one that matters most, since your own circumstances will have changed in between.
You do not need to share this entire page to pass along something helpful from Bible Verses About Mercy. A single verse, copied into a message to a friend, often carries more weight precisely because it was chosen for that one person and that one moment, rather than sent as a general link.
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If you want to compare these verses across other translations, Bible Gateway offers a free side-by-side reading tool.
For verse-by-verse commentary and cross-references, Bible Hub is a genuinely useful free resource.
Mercy, throughout Scripture, is described as God’s constant, unearned character toward his people.