MER'CY, noun [Latin misericordia.]
1. That benevolence, mildness or tenderness of heart which disposes a person to overlook injuries, or to treat an offender better than he deserves; the disposition that tempers justice, and induces an injured person to forgive trespasses and injuries, and to forbear punishment, or inflict less than law or justice will warrant. In this sense, there is perhaps no word in our language precisely synonymous with mercy That which comes nearest to it is grace. It implies benevolence, tenderness, mildness, pity or compassion, and clemency, but exercised only towards offenders. mercy is a distinguishing attribute of the Supreme Being.
The Lord is long-suffering and of great mercy forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty. Numbers 14:18.
2. An act or exercise of mercy or favor. It is a mercy that they escaped.
I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies. Genesis 32:1.
3. Pity; compassion manifested towards a person in distress.
And he said, he that showed mercy on him. Luke 10:37.
4. Clemency and bounty.
Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by mercyProverbs 28:13.
5. Charity, or the duties of charity and benevolence.
8. Pardon.
I cry thee mercy with all my heart.
9. The act of sparing, or the forbearance of a violent act expected. The prisoner cried for mercy
To be or to lie at the mercy of, to have no means of self-defense, but to be dependent for safety on the mercy or compassion of another, or in the power of that which is irresistible; as, to be at the mercy of a foe, or of the waves.
SCRIPTURES:
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed nomercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercythey also may obtain mercy.
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
¶Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
And he began to cry unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, have mercy; according to thy abundant mercy which thou hast had upon the people of Nephi, have upon me, and my people.
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shewmercy.
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden bymercy.
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness, I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Little children cannot repent; wherefore, it is awful wickedness to deny the pure mercies of God unto them, for they are all alive in him because of his mercy.
Having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires; having never called upon the Lord while the arms of mercy were extended towards them; for the arms of mercy
And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before themercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
The spirit of compassion, tenderness, and forgiveness. Mercy is one of the attributes of God. Jesus Christ offers mercy to us through his atoning sacrifice.
QUOTES:
Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.
-Robert Frost
We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.
-Joel Osteen
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
The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.
-Thomas Merton
I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.
-Christopher Columbus
Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.
-Mitt Romney
PERSONAL DEFINITION:
I think mercy is compassion and pity and the willingness to sacrifice something of yourself just for the sake of others. Sometimes it even means giving people better than what they deserve.
Why do we need both Justice and Mercy then? If they are like complete opposites?
Well, first of all, without Justice there would be no Mercy, and vice versa.
Because if there were no law to abide and make sure to be kept, there would be no need for Mercy and forgiveness if that law or rule Wasn't kept.
We, as sinnimng souls of the world, need mercy. Without it, and without Christ's atonement, we would all be doomed.
Also, we need justice so that we can try to abide standard and gain the happiness brought by keeping those laws or standards.
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