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# mercy, merciful
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## Definition
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"Mercy" means helping people who are in need, especially when they are in a lowly or humbled condition.
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* The term "mercy" can also include the meaning of not punishing someone for something they have done wrong.
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* A person is merciful when he treats someone kindly instead of harming him.
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* Being merciful also means to forgive someone who has done something wrong against us.
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* We show mercy when we help people who are in great need.
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* God is merciful to us, and he wants us to be merciful to others.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* To "show mercy to" or "have mercy on" could be translated as, "treat kindly" or "be compassionate toward."
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