Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
3 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “mercy” →
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
