The word in Scripture

Spare in the Bible

The word spare appears 40 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To spare is to withhold deserved judgment in mercy. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What spare means in the Bible

To spare is to withhold deserved judgment in mercy.

Where the word spare appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word spare appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”Genesis 18:24

“O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.”Psalms 39:13

“He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.”Psalms 72:13

“For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.”Proverbs 6:34

“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.”Proverbs 19:18

“Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.”Isaiah 9:19

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”Isaiah 58:1

“For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.”Romans 11:21