100 Bible Verses about God’s Mercy

Here are 100 Bible verses about God’s mercy, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Hebrews 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ Let 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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Ephesians 2:4-5 KJV

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

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James 2:13 KJV

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

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Luke 6:36 KJV

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

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Micah 6:8 KJV

⁸ He 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 86:5 KJV

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

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Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV

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

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Matthew 5:7 KJV

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

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1 Peter 1:3 KJV

³ Blessed 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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Titus 3:5 KJV

⁵ Not 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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Matthew 9:13 KJV

¹³ But 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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Micah 7:18 KJV

¹⁸ Who 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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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹ If 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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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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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For 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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Psalm 23:6 KJV

⁶ Surely 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 145:9 KJV

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

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Proverbs 28:13 KJV

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

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Psalm 25:6-7 KJV

⁶ Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. ⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹ The 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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Romans 12:1 KJV

¹ I 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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Ephesians 2:4 KJV

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

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Jeremiah 3:12 KJV

¹² Go 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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Romans 12:1-2 KJV

¹ I 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. ² And 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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Joel 2:12-14 KJV

¹² Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: ¹³ And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. ¹⁴ Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even …

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2 Chronicles 30:9 KJV

⁹ For 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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Psalm 103:8 KJV

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

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Isaiah 30:18 KJV

¹⁸ And 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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Luke 1:50 KJV

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

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Lamentations 3:22 KJV

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

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Exodus 34:6-7 KJV

⁶ And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, ⁷ Keeping 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 9:15 KJV

¹⁵ For 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

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

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Psalm 51:1 KJV

¹ Have 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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Luke 1:78 KJV

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

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Isaiah 55:7 KJV

⁷ Let 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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2 Samuel 24:14 KJV

¹⁴ And 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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Matthew 18:21-22 KJV

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

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Malachi 3:17 KJV

¹⁷ And 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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Colossians 3:12 KJV

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

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Matthew 6:14 KJV

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

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Matthew 23:23 KJV

²³ Woe 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 136:1-26 KJV

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

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Psalm 86:15 KJV

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

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Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV

⁹ Know 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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Daniel 9:9 KJV

⁹ To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

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Psalm 107:1 KJV

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

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1 Timothy 1:16 KJV

¹⁶ Howbeit 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 106:1 KJV

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

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1 Chronicles 16:34 KJV

³⁴ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Exodus 34:6 KJV

⁶ And 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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Colossians 3:13 KJV

¹³ Forbearing 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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Jonah 4:2 KJV

² And 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

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

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Psalm 25:6 KJV

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

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Romans 6:14 KJV

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

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Psalm 103:17 KJV

¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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Joel 2:13 KJV

¹³ And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

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Numbers 14:18 KJV

¹⁸ The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

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Psalm 40:11 KJV

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

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Romans 9:15-16 KJV

¹⁵ For 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. ¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

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Romans 5:8 KJV

⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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Psalm 130:7 KJV

⁷ Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

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Hosea 6:6 KJV

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

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Romans 9:18 KJV

¹⁸ Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

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Isaiah 49:13 KJV

¹³ Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

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James 2:12-13 KJV

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

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Jude 1:23-25 KJV

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

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Exodus 33:19 KJV

¹⁹ And 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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Proverbs 14:21 KJV

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

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Psalm 115:1 KJV

¹ Not 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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Psalm 51:1-2 KJV

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

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸ And 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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Psalm 103:4 KJV

⁴ Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

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Psalm 118:1-4 KJV

¹ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. ² Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ³ Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ⁴ Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

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Psalm 118:29 KJV

²⁹ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Hosea 14:3 KJV

³ Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

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Galatians 6:16 KJV

¹⁶ And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

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Psalm 52:8 KJV

⁸ But 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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Romans 6:15 KJV

¹⁵ What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

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Romans 5:15 KJV

¹⁵ But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

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Romans 3:23 KJV

²³ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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Hosea 2:23 KJV

²³ And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

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Psalm 89:28 KJV

²⁸ My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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Psalm 112:5 KJV

⁵ A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

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Psalm 90:17 KJV

¹⁷ And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

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2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV

⁹ And 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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Isaiah 54:8 KJV

⁸ In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

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Psalm 6:4 KJV

⁴ Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For 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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Lamentations 3:32 KJV

³² But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

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Psalm 147:11 KJV

¹¹ The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

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Psalm 31:7 KJV

⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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1 Kings 8:23 KJV

²³ And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

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Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹ Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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Isaiah 54:7 KJV

⁷ For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

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Nehemiah 9:31 KJV

³¹ Nevertheless 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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Romans 6:23 KJV

²³ For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Psalm 36:5 KJV

⁵ Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

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Psalm 130:1-2 KJV

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

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