Quotes about Mercy
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
— Hosea 6:6
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
— Hosea 11:8
I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
— Hosea 11:9
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
— Hosea 14:4
Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
— Joel 2:14
So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
— Amos 7:3
Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
— Amos 9:8
Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
— Obadiah 1:14
So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
— Jonah 1:14
At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
— Jonah 1:15
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
— Jonah 2:1
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
— Jonah 3:1