Ezra 10:14

10:14 Let our leaders take steps ¹  on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter.”

Matthew 5:7

5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Matthew 7:2

7:2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. ² 

James 2:13

2:13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over ³  judgment.

[10:14]  ¹ tn Heb “stand.”

[7:2]  ² tn Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured to you.”

[2:13]  ³ tn Grk “boasts against, exults over,” in victory.