The Mercy of God
63 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
34 sections
- A Ground of Hope
- A Ground of Trust
- Abundant
- Epaphroditus
- Everlasting
- Filling the Earth
- Great
- High As Heaven
- Lot
- Manifested in Long-Suffering
- Manifested in Salvation
- Manifested in the Sending of Christ
- Manifested with Everlasting Kindness
- Manifested: To his People
- Manifested: To Repentant Sinners
- Manifested: To Returning Backsliders
- Manifested: To the Afflicted
- Manifested: To the Fatherless
- Manifested: To Them That Fear Him
- Manifested: To Whom he Will
- Manifold
- New Every Morning
- Over all his Works
- Paul
- Plenteous
- Rich
- should be Magnified
- should be Pleaded in Prayer
- should be Rejoiced In
- should be Sought for Others
- should be Sought for Ourselves
- Sure
- Tender
- Typified: Mercy Seat
A Ground of Hope
- Psalm 130:7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
- Psalm 147:11 The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
A Ground of Trust
- Psalm 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Abundant
- 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Epaphroditus
- Philippians 2:27 He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
Everlasting
- 1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 89:28 I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
- Psalm 106:1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 136:1–26 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever. …
Filling the Earth
- Psalm 119:64 The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Great
- Numbers 14:18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third …
- Isaiah 54:7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
High As Heaven
- Psalm 36:5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalm 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
Lot
- Genesis 19:16 But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
- Genesis 19:19 Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Manifested in Long-Suffering
- Lamentations 3:22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
- Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
Manifested in Salvation
- Titus 3:5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Manifested in the Sending of Christ
- Luke 1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
Manifested with Everlasting Kindness
- Isaiah 54:8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
Manifested: To his People
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He …
- 1 Kings 8:23 and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
Manifested: To Repentant Sinners
- Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Luke 15:18–20 I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. …
Manifested: To Returning Backsliders
- Jeremiah 3:12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
- Hosea 14:4 I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
- Joel 2:13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
Manifested: To the Afflicted
- Isaiah 49:13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- Isaiah 54:7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
Manifested: To the Fatherless
- Hosea 14:3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Manifested: To Them That Fear Him
- Psalm 103:17 But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children —
- Luke 1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
Manifested: To Whom he Will
- Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
- Romans 9:15 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Romans 9:18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
Manifold
- Nehemiah 9:27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the …
- Lamentations 3:32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
New Every Morning
- Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Over all his Works
- Psalm 145:9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
Paul
- 1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
Plenteous
- Psalm 86:5 For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
- Psalm 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Rich
- Ephesians 2:4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
should be Magnified
- 1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalm 115:1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
- Psalm 118:1–4 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. …
- Psalm 118:29 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Jeremiah 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving …
should be Pleaded in Prayer
- Psalm 6:4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
- Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
- Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
should be Rejoiced In
- Psalm 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
should be Sought for Others
- Galatians 6:16 Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.
- 1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Timothy 1:18 May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.
should be Sought for Ourselves
- Psalm 6:2 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
Sure
- Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant — My loving devotion promised to David.
- Micah 7:20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
Tender
- Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
- Psalm 103:4 who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- Luke 1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
Typified: Mercy Seat
- Exodus 25:17 And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.