Enjoined:
2 Kings 6:21-23,Hosea 12:6, Romans
12:2021, Colossians 3:12
MERCY to be
engraved on the heart
"Do not let
kindness and truth leave you; Bind
them around your neck, Write them
on the tablet of your heart."
-- Proverbs
3:3
MERCY is
characteristic of saints
"All day long
he is gracious and lends, And his
descendants are a blessing."
--Psalms
37:26
"The
righteous man perishes, and no man
takes it to heart; And devout men
are taken away, while no one
understands. For the righteous man
is taken away from evil,"
--Isaiah
57:1
MERCY should be
shown with cheerfulness
"or he who
exhorts, in his exhortation; he who
gives, with liberality; he who
leads, with diligence; he who shows
mercy, with cheerfulness."
--Romans
12:8
Mercy should be
shown to our brethren
"Thus has the
Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true
justice and practice kindness and
compassion each to his
brother;" --
Zechariah 7:9
MERCY should be
shown to those that are in
distress
"And he said,
“The one who showed mercy toward
him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go
and do the same.” "
-- Luke
10:37
MERCY should be
shown to the poor
"He who
oppresses the poor taunts his
Maker, But he who is gracious to
the needy honors Him."
-- Proverbs
14:31
"Therefore, O
king, may my advice be pleasing to
you: break away now from your sins
by doing righteousness and from
your iniquities by showing mercy to
the poor, in case there may be a
prolonging of your
prosperity." -- Daniel 4:27
MERCY should be
shown to backsliders
"I will get up and go to
my father, and will say to him,
“Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and in your sight; I am no
longer worthy to be called your
son; make me as one of your hired
men. So he got up and came to his
father. But while he was still a
long way off, his father saw him
and felt compassion for him, and
ran and embraced him and kissed
him." Luke 15:18-20
"Sufficient
for such a one is this punishment
which was inflicted by the
majority, so that on the contrary
you should rather forgive and
comfort him, otherwise such a one
might be overwhelmed by excessive
sorrow. Wherefore I urge you to
reaffirm your love for him."
--2 Corinthians
2:6-8
MERCY should be
shown to animals
"A righteous
man has regard for the life of his
animal, But even the compassion of
the wicked is cruel."
--Proverbs
12:10
Mercy upholds the
throne of kings
"Loyalty and
truth preserve the king, And he
upholds his throne by
righteousness." -- Proverbs
20:28
Mercy is
beneficial to those who
exercise
"The merciful
man does himself good, But the
cruel man does himself harm."
--Proverbs
11:17
Blessedness of
showing MERCY
"He who
despises his neighbor sins, But
happy is he who is gracious to the
poor." --Proverbs 14:21
"Blessed are
the merciful, for they shall
receive mercy."
-- Matthew
5:7
Hypocrites devoid
of MERCY
"Woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you tithe mint and dill and
cummin, and have neglected the
weightier provisions of the law:
justice and mercy and faithfulness;
but these are the things you should
have done without neglecting the
others." --
Matthew 23:23
Denunciations
against those devoid of
MERCY
"Listen to
the word of the Lord, O sons of
Israel, For the Lord has a case
against the inhabitants of the
land, Because there is no
faithfulness or kindness Or
knowledge of God in the land."
-- Hosea
4:1
Hosea 4:3;
Matthew 18:23-25;
"For judgment
will be merciless to one who has shown
no mercy; mercy triumphs over
judgment." --
James 2:13
The Mercy of God
Is part of his
character Exodus 34:6
Exodus 34:7; Psalms 62:12; Nehemiah
9:17; Jonah 4:2; Jonah 4:10-11; 2 Corinthians 1:3
DESCRIBED AS
Great Numbers 14:18 ; Isaiah 54:7
Rich Ephesians 2:4
Manifold Nehemiah 9:27 ; Lamentations
3:32
Plenteous Psalms 86:5 Psalms 86:15; Psalms 103:8
Abundant 1 Peter 1:3
Sure Isaiah 55:3 ; Micah
7:20
Everlasting 1 Chronicles 16:34 ; Psalms 89:28;
106:1; 107:1; 136:1-26
Tender Psalms 25:6; Psalms 103:4; Luke 1:78
New every morning
Lamentations
3:23
High as heaven
Psalms 36:5; Psalms 103:11
Filling the earth Psalms 119:64
Over all his works Psalms 145:9
Is his
delight Micah 7:18
MANIFESTED
In the sending of Christ
Luke
1:78
In salvation Titus 3:5
In long-suffering
Lamentations 3:22 ;
Daniel 9:9
To his people Deuteronomy 32:43 ; 1 Kings
8:23
To them that fear him
Psalms 103:17 ; Luke
1:50
To returning backsliders
Jeremiah 3:12 ; Hosea
14:4 ; Joel 2:13
To repentant sinners
Psalms 32:5 ; Proverbs
28:13 ; Isaiah 55:7 ;
Luke 15:18-20
To the afflicted
Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 54:7
To the fatherless
Hosea 14:3
To whom he will
Hosea 2:23 ; Romans
9:15 Romans 9:18
With everlasting kindness
Isaiah 54:8
A ground of
hope Psalms 130:7; Psalms 147:11
A ground of
trust Psalms 52:8
SHOULD BE
Sought for ourselves
Psalms
6:2
Sought for others
Galatians 6:16; 1Timothy 1:2 ; 2Timothy 1:18
Pleaded in prayer
Psalms 6:4; Psalms 25:6; Psalms 51:1
Rejoiced in Psalms 31:7
Magnified 1 Chronicles 16:34 ; Psalms 115:1
; Psalms 118:1-4 Psalms 118:29;
Jeremiah 33:11
Typified
Mercy seat Exodus 25:17
Exemplified
Lot Genesis 19:16 Genesis 19:19
Epaphroditus Philippians 2:27
Paul 1Timothy 1:13
