Quotes about Mercy
The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
— Deuteronomy 9:20
And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
— Deuteronomy 9:26
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
— Deuteronomy 13:17
You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
— Deuteronomy 15:3
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
— Deuteronomy 21:8
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
— Deuteronomy 21:22
Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
— Deuteronomy 22:26
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
— Deuteronomy 25:3
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
— Deuteronomy 25:12
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
— Deuteronomy 32:36
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”
— Joshua 2:13
And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
— Joshua 6:25