Modifies a noun

• providence: It was spoken by Moses a little before his death, to establish the people in God's merciful providence.

• release: Death was a merciful release from a painful illness.

• love: Forgive the sins of those who confess to you, and in your merciful love give us your pardon and your peace.

• ear: To go back to the idea of merciful ears.

• relief: The usually annoying squashing of the end credits is a merciful relief.

• death: Photo: Hate wreath " This was indeed a merciful death.

Modifying Another Word

• so: So merciful he wept to put his name To the death warrant of two thieves.

• very: We finally cornered them and suffice to say were not very merciful.

• not: The Egyptians were not merciful to them in all their painful work.

• too: I knew it wasn't snow; too merciful.

• therefore: Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

• ever: Wherefore, be thou ever merciful unto us sinners.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: If you're feeling merciful tho, you can also offer food to the prisoners to try and loosen their tongues.

• call: For if thou hast desired to have pity on us, who have no works of righteousness, then thou wilt be called merciful.