97 Bible Verses about Mercy (KJV)

Here are 97 Bible verses about mercy, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Luke 6:36 KJV

³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

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James 2:13 KJV

¹³For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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Matthew 5:7 KJV

⁷Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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Hebrews 4:16 KJV

¹⁶Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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Matthew 9:13 KJV

¹³But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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1 Peter 1:3 KJV

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV

²²It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. ²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

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Micah 6:8 KJV

⁸He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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Psalm 23:6 KJV

⁶Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

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Psalm 103:1-22 KJV

¹Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. ²Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: ³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; ⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; ⁵Who satisfieth thy …

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Luke 6:36-37 KJV

³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. ³⁷Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

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Titus 3:5 KJV

⁵Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Colossians 3:12 KJV

¹²Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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Psalm 25:6-7 KJV

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James 2:12-13 KJV

¹²So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. ¹³For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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Colossians 3:13 KJV

¹³Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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Ephesians 2:4-5 KJV

⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, ⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

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Proverbs 28:13 KJV

¹³He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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Luke 6:37 KJV

³⁷Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

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1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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Jude 1:23-25 KJV

²³And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. ²⁴Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, ²⁵To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

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Psalm 86:5 KJV

⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

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Proverbs 14:21 KJV

²¹He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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Matthew 18:21-22 KJV

²¹Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? ²²Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

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Psalm 25:6 KJV

⁶Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

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Micah 7:18 KJV

¹⁸Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

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Psalm 103:8 KJV

⁸The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

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Romans 9:15 KJV

¹⁵For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

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2 Samuel 22:26 KJV

²⁶With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Proverbs 21:21 KJV

²¹He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

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Proverbs 11:17 KJV

¹⁷The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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Isaiah 30:18 KJV

¹⁸And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

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Romans 12:1-2 KJV

¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. ²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Romans 12:1 KJV

¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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2 Chronicles 30:9 KJV

⁹For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

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Matthew 23:23 KJV

²³Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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Psalm 145:9 KJV

⁹The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

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Jude 1:2 KJV

²Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

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Lamentations 3:22 KJV

²²It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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Ephesians 2:4 KJV

⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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Exodus 33:19 KJV

¹⁹And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

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Matthew 6:14 KJV

¹⁴For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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Psalm 40:11-12 KJV

¹¹Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. ¹²For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

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Psalm 51:1 KJV

¹Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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1 Timothy 1:16 KJV

¹⁶Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

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Psalm 85:10 KJV

¹⁰Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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Psalm 40:11 KJV

¹¹Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

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2 Samuel 24:14 KJV

¹⁴And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

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Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV

⁹Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

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Hosea 6:6 KJV

⁶For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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Jeremiah 3:12 KJV

¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.

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Psalm 18:25 KJV

²⁵With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

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Deuteronomy 7:2 KJV

²And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

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1 Peter 2:10 KJV

¹⁰Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

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Psalm 136:1-26 KJV

¹O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. ³O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁴To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁵To him that by wisdom made the …

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Exodus 34:6-7 KJV

⁶And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, ⁷Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

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Romans 12:8 KJV

⁸Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Isaiah 55:7 KJV

⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Exodus 34:6 KJV

⁶And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

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Deuteronomy 4:31 KJV

³¹(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

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Psalm 86:15 KJV

¹⁵But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

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Luke 1:50 KJV

⁵⁰And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

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Psalm 115:1 KJV

¹Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

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Nehemiah 9:31 KJV

³¹Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

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Jonah 4:2 KJV

²And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

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Psalm 103:11 KJV

¹¹For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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Psalm 52:8 KJV

⁸But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

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Psalm 25:6-9 KJV

⁶Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. ⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord. ⁸Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. ⁹The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he …

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Proverbs 14:31 KJV

³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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2 Corinthians 4:1 KJV

¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

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Romans 9:15-16 KJV

¹⁵For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ¹⁶So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

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Proverbs 12:10 KJV

¹⁰A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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Psalm 51:1-2 KJV

¹Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ²Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

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Luke 1:78 KJV

⁷⁸Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

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Hosea 12:6 KJV

⁶Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.

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Psalm 130:1-2 KJV

¹Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. ²Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

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Romans 6:14 KJV

¹⁴For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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Genesis 39:21-23 KJV

²¹But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ²²And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. ²³The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, …

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Hosea 4:1 KJV

¹Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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John 3:17 KJV

¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Proverbs 3:3 KJV

³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

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Exodus 20:6 KJV

⁶And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

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Mark 5:19 KJV

¹⁹Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

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Psalm 107:1 KJV

¹O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Psalm 106:1 KJV

¹Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV

⁹And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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Malachi 3:17 KJV

¹⁷And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

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Exodus 25:17-22 KJV

¹⁷And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. ¹⁸And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two …

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Proverbs 3:4 KJV

⁴So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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Psalm 107:1-43 KJV

¹O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; ³And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. ⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. …

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Psalm 6:2 KJV

²Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

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1 Peter 5:10 KJV

¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

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