Psalms 86:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

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  • Joel 2:13 : 13 Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.
  • Ps 103:8 : 8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.
  • Exod 34:6 : 6 And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;
  • Neh 9:17 : 17 And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
  • Ps 25:8 : 8 Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.
  • Ps 130:7 : 7 O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
  • Ps 145:8-9 : 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.
  • Ezek 36:33 : 33 This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I make you clean from all your evil-doings I will let the towns be peopled and there will be building on the waste places.
  • Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.
  • Ps 119:68 : 68 You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
  • Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you. 10 For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
  • John 4:10 : 10 In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace: 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 10:12-13 : 12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name: 13 Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Eph 2:4 : 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,
  • 1 John 4:8-9 : 8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love. 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
  • Ezek 36:37 : 37 This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.
  • Dan 9:9 : 9 With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
  • Jer 33:3 : 3 Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
  • Ps 36:7 : 7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
  • Ps 69:16 : 16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 86:15-16
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    15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.

    16 O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.

  • Ps 86:6-7
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    6 O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the sound of my requests.

    7 In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for you will give me an answer.

  • 5 The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

  • Ps 145:7-9
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    77%

    7 Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness.

    8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.

    9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

  • Ps 86:3-4
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    3 Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.

    4 Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord.

  • 8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

  • Ps 85:1-2
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.

    2 The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all their sin had been covered. (Selah.)

  • 13 For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.

  • 16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

  • 11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

  • Ps 130:3-4
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    3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

    4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

  • Ps 25:6-7
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    6 O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

    7 Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

  • 6 My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

  • 18 Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.

  • 3 Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

  • 18 The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.

  • 10 For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.

  • 5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

  • 29 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • 21 But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

  • 7 Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your salvation.

  • 68 You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.

  • 10 For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.

  • 25 The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.

  • 6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

  • 4 I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

  • 1 <A Prayer. Of David.> Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

  • 9 With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

  • Ps 32:5-6
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    5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

    6 For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

  • 6 Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give praise to your name, O Lord, for it is good.

  • 5 For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.

  • 2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.

  • 4 For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds.

  • 26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:

  • 12 And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

  • 6 Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

  • 19 May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.

  • 76 Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.

  • 1 Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • 1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.