Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'mercy' occurs 387 times in the standard works.

123 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'mercy' in the standard works and contain 31.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ps. 136:1-26 (26 in 26 verses)

Ex. 25:17-22 (7 in 6 verses)

Alma 42:21-25 (6 in 5 verses)

Lev. 16:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 37:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 9:15-18 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 11:30-32 (4 in 3 verses)

Ps. 118:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

James 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 123:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 33:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 16:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 20:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 2:23 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 18:41 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 24:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:13 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:40 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 109:54 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 59:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)


Ps. 86:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

 86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.




Ps. 100:5-101:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 18:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 38:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 217 0 217
Gen. 4 0 4
Ex. 23 0 23
Lev. 7 0 7
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 5 0 5
Judg. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 3 0 3
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 6 0 6
Ezra 3 0 3
Neh. 4 0 4
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 100 0 100
Prov. 9 0 9
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 9 0 9
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 2 0 2
Hosea 10 0 10
Jonah 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 59 1 60
BM 84 0 84
DC 24 0 24
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 387 1 388

Ps. 4:1
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Ps. 5:7
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Ps. 6:2
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

Ps. 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Ps. 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Ps. 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

Ps. 21:7
For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Ps. 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Ps. 25:7
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

Ps. 25:10
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Ps. 25:16
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

Ps. 27:7
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Ps. 30:10
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

Ps. 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Ps. 31:9
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Ps. 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Ps. 33:18
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Ps. 33:22
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Ps. 36:5
Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

Ps. 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

Ps. 51:1
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Ps. 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

Ps. 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Ps. 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Ps. 59:10
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Ps. 59:16
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

Ps. 59:17
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

Ps. 61:7
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

Ps. 62:12
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Ps. 66:20
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Ps. 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Ps. 77:8
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

Ps. 85:7
Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

Ps. 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Ps. 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Ps. 86:13
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Ps. 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Ps. 86:16
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Ps. 89:2
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Ps. 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

Ps. 89:24
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Ps. 89:28
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Ps. 90:14
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Ps. 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

Ps. 98:3
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Ps. 100:5
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Ps. 101:1
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

Ps. 102:13
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

Ps. 103:8
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Ps. 103:11
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

Ps. 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Ps. 106:1
Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 107:1
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 108:4
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

Ps. 109:12
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Ps. 109:16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Ps. 109:21
But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

Ps. 109:26
Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

Ps. 115:1
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Ps. 118:1
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 118:2
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 118:3
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 118:4
Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 118:29
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 119:64
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

Ps. 119:124
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

Ps. 123:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

Ps. 123:3
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Ps. 130:7
Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Ps. 136:1
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:2
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:3
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:4
To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:5
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:6
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:7
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:8
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:9
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:10
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:11
And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:12
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:13
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:14
And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:15
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:16
To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:17
To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:18
And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:19
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:20
And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:21
And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:22
Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:23
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Ps. 136:24
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136:26
O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 138:8
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Ps. 143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Ps. 145:8
The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Ps. 147:11
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.