Mercy is the act of not administering justice when that justice is punitive. Because of our sinfulness we deserve death and eternal separation from God but God provided atonement for sin and through it shows us mercy.
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
William Shakespeare
'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show Her better eye, the farther off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.
Francis Quarles
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Abraham Lincoln
Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, Let us be merciful as well as just.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The corn that makes the holy bread By which the soul of man is fed, The holy bread, the food unpriced, Thy everlasting mercy, Christ.
John Masefield
Mercy stood in the cloud, with eye that wept Essential love.
Robert Pollok
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
William Shakespeare
Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
John Gay
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Sir Winston Churchill
Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Book of Common Prayer
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
William Cowper
And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.
Thomas Gray
A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory: "Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"
John Hay
To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Alexander Pope
We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
William Shakespeare
Mercy often inflicts death.
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?
William Shakespeare
Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Alexander Pope
Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.
William Wordsworth
They are immobile and voiceless, and cannot ask for the mercy of water, those trapped caged house plants. In the winter they feel no breeze nor are they touched by a hand which frees.
O Anna Niemus
Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.
William Shakespeare
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
William Shakespeare
Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.
Charles Sprague
Kerry Ellison, your name sounds like Kyrie Eleison* *Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.
Jack Gilcrest
Think not the good, The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done, Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner, The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow, Who daily owe the bounty of thy hand, Shall cry to Heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.
Nicholas Rowe
The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed. You must not dare for shame to talk of mercy; For your own reasons turn into your bosoms As dogs upon their masters, worrying you.
William Shakespeare
Who will not mercie unto others show, How can he mercie ever hope to have?
Edmund Spenser
It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
Statius
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
William Shakespeare
When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, In wonder, love and praise.
Joseph Addison
The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
William Shakespeare
Mercy is not simply the withholding of punishment, but it is the act of giving help or having compassion on someone who is afflicted. Lord Says "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy".
Our Salvation is an act of the mercy of God, completely unwarranted by our past actions. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost"
Remember that mercy is more than the withholding of punishment, but it is the Lovingkindness of God. "Because Thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee" (Psalm 63:3).
Some quotes on Mercy..
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
William Shakespeare
'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show Her better eye, the farther off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.
Francis Quarles
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Abraham Lincoln
Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, Let us be merciful as well as just.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The corn that makes the holy bread By which the soul of man is fed, The holy bread, the food unpriced, Thy everlasting mercy, Christ.
John Masefield
Mercy stood in the cloud, with eye that wept Essential love.
Robert Pollok
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
William Shakespeare
Cowards are cruel, but the brave
Love mercy, and delight to save.
John Gay
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Sir Winston Churchill
Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Book of Common Prayer
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
William Cowper
And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.
Thomas Gray
A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory: "Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"
John Hay
To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Alexander Pope
We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
William Shakespeare
Mercy often inflicts death.
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?
William Shakespeare
Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Alexander Pope
Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.
William Wordsworth
They are immobile and voiceless, and cannot ask for the mercy of water, those trapped caged house plants. In the winter they feel no breeze nor are they touched by a hand which frees.
O Anna Niemus
Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.
William Shakespeare
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
William Shakespeare
Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.
Charles Sprague
Kerry Ellison, your name sounds like Kyrie Eleison* *Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.
Jack Gilcrest
Think not the good, The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done, Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner, The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow, Who daily owe the bounty of thy hand, Shall cry to Heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.
Nicholas Rowe
The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed. You must not dare for shame to talk of mercy; For your own reasons turn into your bosoms As dogs upon their masters, worrying you.
William Shakespeare
Who will not mercie unto others show, How can he mercie ever hope to have?
Edmund Spenser
It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
Statius
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
William Shakespeare
When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, In wonder, love and praise.
Joseph Addison
The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
William Shakespeare
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