Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
8 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “mercy” →
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
