Blessed are the merciful

[WalterandDebbie]

What does it mean to be merciful?

Use the adjective merciful to describe someone who has compassion for other people, especially when he is in a position to punish them or treat them harshly. If you're caught cheating on a math test, your best hope is that your teacher will be merciful, or that she will forgive you for what you've done.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

 

[farouk]

What does it mean to be merciful?

Use the adjective merciful to describe someone who has compassion for other people, especially when he is in a position to punish them or treat them harshly. If you're caught cheating on a math test, your best hope is that your teacher will be merciful, or that she will forgive you for what you've done.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Titus has a great definition of mercy:

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus 3.5).