32 For if you have a desire to have mercy upon us who have no works of righteousness, then you will be called merciful. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:32
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2 Esdras 8:35–37
35 For in truth, there is no man among those who are born who has not done wickedly, and among those who have lived, there is none which have not done wrong. (WEB) 36 For in this, O Lord, your righteousness and your goodness will be declared, if you are merciful to those… (WEB) 37 … (WEB)
Testament of Zebulun 2:18–20
18 I know that my hand found not the wherewithal to give to him that needed, and I walked with him weeping for seven furlongs, and my bowels yearned towards him in compassion. (T12) 19 Have, therefore, yourselves also, my children, compassion towards every man with mercy,… (T12)
Matthew 5:6–8
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:18–20
18 But you, being sovereign in strength, judge in gentleness, and with great forbearance you govern us; for the power is yours whenever you desire it. (WEB) 19 But you taught your people by such works as these, how the righteous must be kind. You made your sons to have go… (WEB)
Sirach 16:13–15
13 The sinner will not escape with plunder. The perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated. (WEB) 14 He will make room for every work of mercy. Each man will receive according to his works. (WEB) 15 The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful wor… (KJV)
Wisdom of Solomon 11:22–24
22 Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance, and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning. (WEB) 23 But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things, and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may… (WEB)
Prayer of Manasseh 1:13–15
13 but, I humbly ask you, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and please don’t destroy me with my iniquities. Don’t be angry with me forever, by reserving evil for me. Don’t condemn me into the lower parts of the earth. For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repe… (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 5:1–3
1 O Lord God, I will praise Thy name with joy, In the midst of them that know Thy righteous judgements. (PSS) 2 For Thou art good and merciful, the refuge of the poor; When I cry to Thee, do not silently disregard me. (PSS) 3 For no man taketh spoil from a mighty man; Who, then,… (PSS)
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