Mercy
...Yet the Lord still waits
for you to come to him so he can show you his love, he will conquer you
to bless you, just as he said. For the Lord is faithful to his promises.
Blessed are all who wait for him to help them.
Isaiah 30:18
...Foreigners will come and build
your cities. Presidents and kings will send you aid. For though I destroyed
you in my anger, I will have mercy on you through my grace.
Isaiah 60:10
...Yet for my own sake and for
the honor of my name I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
Isaiah 48:9
...He is like a father to us,
tender and sympathetic to those who reverence him. For he knows we are
like dust and that our days are few and brief; like grass, like flowers,
blown by the wind and gone forever. But the loving kindness of the Lord
is from everlasting to everlasting to those who reverence him; his salvation
is to children's children of those who are faithful to his covenant and
remember to obey him.
Psalm 103:13-18
...The Lord replied,"I will make
my goodness pass before you, and I will announce to you the meaning of
my name Jehovah, the Lord. I show kindness and mercy to anyone I
want to."
Exodus 33:19
...Oh, that he would make you
truly see yourself, for he knows everything you've done. Listen! God is
doubtless punishing you for less than you deserve!
Job 11:6
...At that time I will sow a
crop of Israelites and raise them for myself! I will pity those who are
'not pitied', and I will say to those who are 'not my people', "Now you
are my people", and they will reply,"You are our God."
Hosea 2:23