But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.”
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