Strong's Concordance H2617

Original Word: חֶסֶד
Transliteration: cheçed
Phonetic Spelling: kheh'-sed
from H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.

Usages throughout the bible

Psalms 147:11 - The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. H2617

Proverbs 3:3 - Let not mercy H2617 and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 11:17 - The merciful H2617 man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Proverbs 14:22 - Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy H2617 and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Proverbs 14:34 - Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach H2617 to any people.

Proverbs 16:6 - By mercy H2617 and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 19:22 - The desire of a man is his kindness: H2617 and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 20:6 - Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: H2617 but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 20:28 - Mercy H2617 and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. H2617

Proverbs 21:21 - He that followeth after righteousness and mercy H2617 findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Proverbs 31:26 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. H2617

Isaiah 16:5 - And in mercy H2617 shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

Isaiah 40:6 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness H2617 thereof is as the flower of the field:

Isaiah 54:8 - In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness H2617 will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

Isaiah 54:10 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness H2617 shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

Isaiah 55:3 - Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies H2617 of David.

Isaiah 57:1 - The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful H2617 men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Isaiah 63:7 - I will mention the lovingkindnesses H2617 of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. H2617

Jeremiah 2:2 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness H2617 of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Jeremiah 9:24 - But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, H2617 judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 16:5 - For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness H2617 and mercies.

Jeremiah 31:3 - The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness H2617 have I drawn thee.

Jeremiah 32:18 - Thou shewest lovingkindness H2617 unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

Jeremiah 33:11 - The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy H2617 endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

Lamentations 3:22 - It is of the LORD'S mercies H2617 that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Lamentations 3:32 - But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. H2617

Daniel 1:9 - Now God had brought Daniel into favour H2617 and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

Daniel 9:4 - And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy H2617 to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Hosea 2:19 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, H2617 and in mercies.

Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, H2617 nor knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 6:4 - O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness H2617 is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

Hosea 6:6 - For I desired mercy, H2617 and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 10:12 - Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; H2617 break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Hosea 12:6 - Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy H2617 and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Joel 2:13 - And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, H2617 and repenteth him of the evil.

Jonah 2:8 - They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. H2617

Jonah 4:2 - And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, H2617 and repentest thee of the evil.

Micah 6:8 - He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, H2617 and to walk humbly with thy God?

Micah 7:18 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. H2617

Micah 7:20 - Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy H2617 to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Zechariah 7:9 - Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy H2617 and compassions every man to his brother: