The best Bible verses for mercy (KJV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for mercy (KJV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,"Ephesians 2:4
"And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God."Galatians 6:16
"O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy."Habakkuk 3:2
"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."Hebrews 4:16
"Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children."Isaiah 13:18
"I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke."Isaiah 47:6
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. the"Isaiah 55:7
"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old."Isaiah 63:9
"For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment."James 2:13
"But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."James 3:17
"Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."James 5:11
"And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers 1 and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them."Jeremiah 13:14
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 (KJV) are Ephesians 2:4, Galatians 6:16, Habakkuk 1:17. 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 (KJV) 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 (KJV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.