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. MERCY. "Always speak and act as men who are to be judged under a Law of freedom. In that Judgement there will be no mercy for the man who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over Judgement." (James 2:12,13 NEB). "How blest are those who show mercy; (1) mercy shall be shown to them." (Matt 5:7 NEB). "Be merciful, as your Father is merciful." (Luke 6:36 Moffatt). "If (a man) has no mercy on his fellow-man, is he still to ask forgiveness for his own sins?" (From Eccus 28:4 NEB). "Do not hold back good from those to whom it is owing, when it happens to be in the power of your hand to do it." (Prov 3:27). "If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the helpless, he will cry for help himself and not be heard." (Prov 21:13 NEB).
"When you see a man being dragged to be
killed, go to his rescue, and save those being hurried away to their death. If
you say, 'But I do not know this man', God, who fixes a standard for the heart,
will take note. God who watches you "But the wisdom from above is in the first place pure; ...rich in mercy and in the kindly deeds that are its fruit." (From James 3:17 NEB).
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