Romans 9:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

Cross References

Exodus 33:19

And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord,’ and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Romans 9:16

So it depends not on human will or exertion but on God who shows mercy.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of his possession? He does not retain his anger forever because he delights in showing steadfast love.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.