Mercy

 

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

• Isaiah 30:18

 

And disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

• Job 11:6

 

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

• Psalm 103:13

 

But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children.

• Psalm 103:17

 

And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

• Exodus 33:19

 

“I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’ I will say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.’ ”

• Hosea 2:23

 

“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.”

• Isaiah 60:10

 

For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.

• Isaiah 48:9