Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'merciful' occurs 98 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'merciful' in the standard works and contain 22.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 33:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 22:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 57:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 6:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)


1 Ne. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:33 Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto the Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great judgment.

 13:34 And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel-- and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father-- wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb-- I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.




Alma 9:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 0 34
NT 6 1 7
BM 47 0 47
1 Ne. 5 0 5
2 Ne. 8 0 8
Jacob 2 0 2
Jarom 1 0 1
Mosiah 1 0 1
Alma 19 0 19
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 2 0 2
Morm. 1 0 1
Ether 4 0 4
Moro. 1 0 1
DC 9 1 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 98 2 100

1 Ne. 1:14
And it came to pass that when my father had read and seen many great and marvelous things, he did exclaim many things unto the Lord; such as: Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty! Thy throne is high in the heavens, and thy power, and goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth; and, because thou art merciful, thou wilt not suffer those who come unto thee that they shall perish!

1 Ne. 8:37
And he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender parent, that they would hearken to his words, that perhaps the Lord would be merciful to them, and not cast them off; yea, my father did preach unto them.

1 Ne. 13:33
Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto the Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great judgment.

1 Ne. 13:34
And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel-- and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father-- wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb-- I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.

1 Ne. 19:20
For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished also.