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4 sty 2022 · David said God is “gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in loving-kindness. The LORD is good to all, and His mercies are over all His works” (Psalm 145:8–9, NASB). But the Bible also speaks of God’s justice and His wrath over sin.
How can Christian theologians say that God is both just and merciful? To be just means to give someone what he deserve, but to be merciful means to give him better than he deserves. Given those definitions, a person could not be merciful without being unjust or be just without being unmerciful.
Verse 5. - Gracious is the Lord, and righteous. God's answers to prayer show him to be both "gracious" and "righteous" - gracious, because it is of his mercy that he listens to men; righteous, because, having promised to hear prayer, he is bound to keep his promises. Yea, our God is merciful; or, "compassionate."
5 the Lord is merciful, and just (the Lord is merciful, and he is good); and our God doeth mercy. 6 And the Lord keepeth little children; I was meeked, and he delivered me. (And the Lord keepeth safe the simple-hearted; yea, I was brought down low, but he saved me.)
10 Bible Verses about God's Mercy. Most Relevant Verses. Ephesians 2:4. Verse Concepts. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, Romans 9:15. Verse Concepts. For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Deuteronomy 4:31. Verse Concepts.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
100 Bible Verses about God Is Merciful. Psalm 145:9 ESV / 24 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. John 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
