Psalm 116:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Gracious is the Lord and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

Cross References

Ezra 9:15

Lord, God of Israel, you are just; yet we have been spared, the remnant we are today. Here we are before you in our sins. Because of all this, we can no longer stand in your presence.”

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to obey and no longer remembered the wonders you had worked for them. They were obdurate and appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and rich in mercy; you did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:31

Yet in your great mercy you did not completely destroy them and did not forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:33

In all that has come upon us you have been just, for you kept faith while we have done evil.

Nehemiah 9:8

You found his heart faithful in your sight, you made the covenant with him To give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to him and his descendants. You fulfilled your promises, for you are just.

Psalm 103:8

Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger, abounding in mercy.

Psalm 112:4

Light shines through the darkness for the upright; gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name give glory because of your mercy and faithfulness.

Psalm 119:137

You are righteous, Lord, and just are your judgments.

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is just in all his ways, merciful in all his works.

Psalm 86:15

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:5

Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.

Isaiah 45:21

Come close and declare; let them take counsel together: Who announced this from the beginning, declared it from of old? Was it not I, the Lord, besides whom there is no other God? There is no just and saving God but me.

Jeremiah 12:1

You would be in the right, O Lord, if I should dispute with you; even so, I must lay out the case against you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, why do all the treacherous live in contentment?

Daniel 9:14

so the Lord kept watch over the evil and brought it upon us. The Lord, our God, is just in all that he has done: we did not listen to his voice.

Daniel 9:7

Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to this day: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the lands to which you have scattered them because of their treachery toward you.

Daniel 9:9

But to the Lord, our God, belong compassion and forgiveness, though we rebelled against him

Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us,

1 Timothy 1:14

Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been abundant, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1 John 1:9

If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing.