MERCY
(See also Compassion; Empathy; Euthanasia; Forgiveness; Material Assistance; Pity; Relief [for People in Need])
aspect of goodness: w91 8/15 20-21
basis: w89 3/1 14-15
David: w21.10 12-13
discussion: scl 78-79; w21.10 8-13; it-2 375-379; w07 9/15 21-30
elders: it-2 377-378
judicial matters: w98 10/1 16-17; w94 8/1 16-17; w90 3/1 14
toward disfellowshipped: w21.10 11-12; w91 4/15 21-23
examples:
caring for wife’s father: w13 4/1 6-7
experiences:
multiple sclerosis victim helped with housework: w90 5/1 31
“exults triumphantly over judgment” (Jas 2:13): it-2 378; w08 11/15 20; w07 9/15 25; w02 3/1 30; w97 11/15 14
“gifts of mercy”: it-1 939-940; it-2 377-378; nwt 1699; w03 6/1 4-5
not ‘blowing a trumpet’ (Mt 6:2): w90 10/1 16
“things that are inside” (Lu 11:41): w07 9/15 30
‘happy the merciful’ (Mt 5:7): w18.09 19-20; w13 4/1 6-7; w09 2/15 8-9; w08 5/15 4; w04 11/1 12
Hebrew word: cl 250-251; it-2 375, 378; w03 7/1 18-19; w95 7/15 13; w94 11/1 9-10
illustration of neighborly Samaritan: cl 225-226; w21.10 8; w18.09 19; it-2 376; w07 9/15 26; w94 11/1 15; w91 8/15 20-21
illustration of prodigal son: w21.10 9
in connection with disfellowshipping: w21.10 10-12; w91 4/15 20-25
Jehovah: scl 78-79; w21.01 21; w21.10 8-13; it-2 375-377; w10 4/1 7; w09 5/1 18; w07 9/15 21-25; w05 5/15 24; w02 1/15 14; w96 12/15 30; kl 28-29; w91 4/1 12-13; w90 9/15 14
cities of refuge: w17.11 14-15
contrast with anger: ip-2 224-226
despite serious sin: w24.05 4-5; scl 79
“Father of tender mercies” (2Co 1:3): w08 9/1 18
Hosea’s day: w05 11/15 20-21; w90 3/1 14; w89 3/1 14-15
imitating Jehovah: w21.10 12-13; mwb20.10 4; w19.12 20-21; w91 4/15 14-25
Jonah’s day: w24.05 5; ia 120-121; w09 4/1 16; si 153-154
justice not compromised: it-2 760-761
link with justice: cl 110, 112; w07 9/15 23-24; jd 139-140; w02 3/1 30; w02 4/15 30; w00 10/1 15; w98 8/1 13; w96 3/15 21-22; w92 7/1 9-10; w91 4/15 17; w89 3/1 25-26
link with wisdom: w21.10 9-10
prayer for: scl 79
proper view of: cl 262; w93 10/1 22-25
reconciliation of mankind: it-2 761-762
resurrection hope: g86 2/22 11
righteousness maintained: it-2 810
seeking mercy from: it-2 377; g 2/08 10-11
toward David: it-1 590, 1193; g 6/15 13; w13 6/15 25; w12 11/15 22-23; w10 10/15 11; w07 9/15 22-23; w05 5/15 31; w05 11/1 13; w01 6/1 29-30
toward Matthew: si 177
toward repentant: w24.05 4-5; ip-2 243-244; w98 10/1 8-18
video Never Doubt Jehovah’s Mercy: lff lesson 57
when one has sinned: rr 125; w17.11 11; w13 1/15 24-25; w06 11/15 27; w01 6/1 29-30; w93 3/15 8-13
Jesus:
as high priest: it-2 378; km 11/02 1
toward afflicted: jy 138; w07 9/15 22; gt chapter 57; w87 11/15 8-9
toward woman suffering from flow of blood: w15 1/1 11-12; w15 2/15 13; w10 5/15 9; w10 8/15 29-30; w09 9/15 9; g 1/08 4-5; w02 8/15 13; w01 12/15 19-20; w96 9/1 16
toward woman who washed his feet with tears: jy 100; w10 8/15 6-7; gt chapter 40; w87 2/1 8-9
Job: w06 8/15 28
Jonah learns: it-2 99; ia 116-117, 119-124; w09 4/1 14-18
Joseph displays: w11 8/15 26; w99 1/1 30-31
Law covenant: w96 9/1 10-11
for sin: it-2 527
meaning of term: scl 78; cl 225; w21.01 21; w21.10 8, 13; it-2 375-376; w08 5/15 4; w07 9/15 22, 25, 29-30; w04 11/1 12
not just judicial: it-2 376
Pharisees lack: w17.11 14-15
relationship to—
kindness: it-2 378-379
pity: it-2 376
toward—
animals: it-1 111-112; it-2 378; w03 1/15 30-31
disadvantaged: w07 9/15 21-22
family of disfellowshipped: jd 149-150; w95 7/15 26-27; w91 4/15 23-25
fellow Christians: w21.01 21; w07 9/15 26-29
lapsed Witnesses: jd 144-149
people: scl 79; w21.10 12-13
reinstated: jd 147-148; w98 10/1 17-18
“some that have doubts” (Jude 22): w98 6/1 19
transgressors: w07 9/15 22-24
unbelievers: w07 9/15 29-30
“vessels of mercy” (Ro 9:23): cl 288-289; wt 63-65
‘wisdom from above is full of mercy’ (Jas 3:17): cl 225-226