These are from Lara Velez's Bible Study book.................
Mercy:
1. compassionate
or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in
one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
2. the disposition
to be compassionate or forbearing: an adversary wholly without mercy.
3. the discretionary
power of a judge to pardon someone or to mitigate punishment, especially to
send to prison rather than invoke the death penalty.
4. an act of
kindness, compassion, or favor: She has performed countless small mercies for
her friends and neighbors.
5. something that
gives evidence of divine favor; blessing: It was just a mercy we had our seat
belts on when it happened.
Merciful:
Mercy is a concept
integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English
translations of the Bible, it comes to expression in phrases such as "to
be merciful, " "to have mercy on, " or "to show mercy
toward." The corresponding term, "merciful, " describes a
quality of God and one that God requires of his people. The noun denotes
compassion and love, not just feelings or emotions, as expressed in tangible
ways.
Forgive:
Two types of
forgiveness appear in the Bible: God's pardon of our sins, and our obligation
to pardon others. This subject is so important that our eternal destiny depends
upon it.
1. to grant pardon
for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
2. to give up all
claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).
3. to grant pardon
to (a person).
4. to cease to
feel resentment against: to forgive one's enemies.
5. to cancel an
indebtedness or liability of: to forgive the interest owed on a loan.
Pride:
1. a high or
inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority,
whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
2. the state or
feeling of being proud.
3. a becoming or
dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character;
self-respect; self-esteem.
4. pleasure or
satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to
reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.
5. something that causes a person or persons to be proud:
His art collection was the
pride of the
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