mercies

Meaning

of Mercy

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

forgiveness clemency

Phrases with the word

be thankful for small mercies thankful for small mercies

Examples

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them. Horace Mann

Marvellous mercies and infinite love. Algernon Charles Swinburne

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies. George Whitefield

Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death. Donald Cargill

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. Robert Louis Stevenson

There is nothing like deprivation to generate thanks for small mercies. Spanish Proverb