9 Bible Verses About Mercy: Learn About God’s Mercy and Love

In 2020, the global outbreak of the plagues makes all of mankind live in panic. Not only this, but disasters such as earthquakes, famines, fires, and insect plagues occur frequently. Mankind is so helpless and hopeless in the face of disasters. Many people earnestly pray to God to ask for His mercy and protection. But do you know what God’s mercy is? What kind of people does God show His mercy on? How can we gain God’s mercy? Read the following Bible verses about mercy and related content to learn more about God’s mercy and find the way to gain God’s mercy.

1.What does the Bible say about God’s mercy? What is God’s mercy?

Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

Isaiah 49:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy on his afflicted.

Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you.

Isaiah 54:8
In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, said the LORD your Redeemer.

Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, said the LORD that has mercy on you.

Jonah 4:10–11
Then said Jehovah, You have had pity on the gourd, for the which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

2.How do you ask God for mercy?

Proverbs 28:13
He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jonah 3:7–9
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?