The best Bible verses for mercy (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for mercy (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."1 Timothy 1:2
"To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."1 Timothy 1:2
"though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,"1 Timothy 1:13
"To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."2 Timothy 1:2
"May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,"2 Timothy 1:16
"may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! — and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus."2 Timothy 1:18
"and when the LORD your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them."Deuteronomy 7:2
"And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God."Galatians 6:16
"O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy."Habakkuk 3:2
"Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."Hebrews 4:16
"Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses."Hebrews 10:28
"Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children."Isaiah 13:18
"I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy."Isaiah 47:6
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for mercy (ESV) are 1 Timothy 1:2, 1 Timothy 1:13, 2 Corinthians 4:1. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to mercy (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for mercy (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.