Believers are urged to show the same qualities of mercy and compassion towards one another as God demonstrates to them. A lack of mercy is regarded as characteristic of godless people.

Proverbs 18:23

The need for human mercy

See also

Deuteronomy 28:49-50
2 Samuel 12:6
1 Kings 3:26
Job 19:21
Proverbs 21:10
Isaiah 47:6; 49:15
Zechariah 7:9-11
Micah 6:8

Believers should be merciful

Matthew 5:7
Luke 6:36

See also

Zechariah 7:9
James 2:12-13
1 Peter 3:9
Jude 1:22
Isaiah 13:18

Lack of mercy characterises the godless

See also

Jeremiah 6:23; 21:7; 50:42
Amos 1:11-12
Habakkuk 1:13-17
Matthew 23:23
Deuteronomy 7:2

Lack of mercy on Israel's part was sometimes obedience to God

See also

Deuteronomy 13:6-9; 19:11-13,21; 28:53-54

Concerning the peoples they were to displace in the promised land.

Joshua 6:17-19
1 Samuel 15:18-19
1 Timothy 1:2

Mercy as a greeting and a blessing

See also

As a greeting

2 Timothy 1:2
2 John 1:3
Jude 1:2
Galatians 6:16

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As a blessing

2 Timothy 1:16-18
Jude 1:21

See also

5494 revenge
5810 complacency
5825 cruelty, God's attitude
6674 imputation
8291 kindness
8307 moderation