Dict: easton - Mercy

Mercy @ compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the exercise of mercy towards the sons of men, in harmony with the demands of truth and righteousness kjv@Genesis:19:19; kjv@Exodus:20:6 kjv@Exodus:34:6-7; kjv@Psalms:85:10 kjv@Psalms:86:15-16). In Christ mercy and truth meet together. Mercy is also a Christian grace kjv@Matthew:5:7 kjv@Matthew:18:33-35).