Matthew 12:7 (NIV) If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
Romans 9:15-16 (NIV) For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
Romans 11:32 (NIV) For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
Ephesians 2:3-5 (NIV) 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.
Mercy is not for them that sin and fear not, but for them that fear and sin not. Thomas Watson (c. 1557-1592) (Draper’s Book of Christian Quotes)
