God's Word on That

Tag: kindness

  • Our Kindness Needs To Grow

    Love your enemies and be kind and do good [doing favors so that someone derives benefit from them] and lend, expecting and hoping for nothing in return but considering nothing as lost and despairing of no one; and then your recompense (your reward) will be great (rich, strong, intense, and abundant) and you will be sons of the Most High, for He Himself is kind and charitable and good to the ungrateful and the selfish and wicked. (Luke 6:35)

    Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart.  So shall you find favor, good understanding, and high esteem in the sight [or judgment] of God and man. (Proverbs 3:3-4)

    Make every effort to add to your faith… brotherly kindness (2 Peter 1:5-7).

    Be kindly affectionate to one another in brotherly love (Romans 12:10).

    Show mercy and kindness and tender compassion, every man to his brother (Zechariah 7:9).

    As God’s chosen people… clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience (Colossians 3:12).

    The Lord’s servant… must be kind to everyone… (2 Timothy 2:24)

    When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly… (1 Corinthians 4:12-13)

    As servants of God we commend ourselves in every way… in purity, understanding, patience and kindness, in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love (2 Corinthians 6:4-6).

    Renounce your sins by loving what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed… (Daniel 4:27)

    And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tender-hearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you (Ephesians 4:32).

    See that none of you repays another with evil for evil, but always aim to show kindness and seek to do good to one another and to everybody (1 Thessalonians 5:15).

    That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness… (Proverbs 19:22)

    He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor (Proverbs 28:8).

    We are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple… (Acts 4:9)

    May the Lord bless you because you showed kindness…  And now may the Lord show loving-kindness and faithfulness to you… (2 Samuel 2:5-6)

    May kindness and faithfulness be with you (2 Samuel 15:20).

  • Promises For Kindness

    To be tender and gentle, as Jesus was, is to be moved with compassion.  Kindness is an attitude, a disposition, a tender concern for others – grace to mellow what is harsh.  This attitude is to believe the best of everyone (and anyone).  Most people don’t want to be mean on purpose.  Jesus told us to go and figure out what “mercy” means.

    May the Lord show kindness to you, as you have shown to me (Ruth 1:8).

    Blessed are the merciful for they shall be shown mercy (Matthew 5:7).

    A merciful, kind, and generous man benefits himself [for his deeds return to bless him]… (Proverbs 11:17)

    A kind word cheers [a man] up. (Proverbs 12:25)

    Blessed is he who is kind to the needy (Proverbs 14:21).

    Whoever is kind to the needy honors God (Proverbs 14:31).

    He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done (Proverbs 19:17).

    The Lord bless him… [for] he has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead… (Ruth 2:20)

    A kindhearted woman gains respect… (Proverbs 11:16)

    She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue (Proverbs 31:26).

    But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice… (Matthew 9:13)

    Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty (Job 6:14).

    Love is kind… (1 Corinthians 13:4)

  • Study on Kindness

    Kindness is not an emotion felt, but rather an action performed.  Often we feel compassion, sorrow or regret at misfortunes of others; but it is when we turn those feelings into actions that we show kindness.  Kindness is one of the most endearing and heartwarming expressions of the human heart.  Nothing lifts our spirits like receiving a little kindness.  Nothing strengthens and enlarges our hearts like giving a little kindness.

    God’s kindness is unconditional and part of His character

    The Lord is full of compassion and mercy (James 5:11).

    Your compassion [tender mercy and loving-kindness] is great, O Lord… (Psalm 119:156)

    The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion (Psalm 116:5).

    Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His loving-kindness is everlasting (1 Chronicles 16:34).

    The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made (Psalm 145:9).

    In You the fatherless find compassion (Hosea 14:3).

    All My compassion is aroused (Hosea 11:8).

    Praise be to the Lord… who has not abandoned His kindness and faithfulness… (Genesis 24:27)

    He did you good and [showed you] kindness and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with nourishment and happiness (Acts 14:17).

    But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of His covenant… (2 Kings 13:23)

    When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and in Your compassion You delivered them time after time (Nehemiah 9:28).

    I led them with cords of human kindness; with ties of love… (Hosea 11:4)

    You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in Your providence watched over my spirit (Job 10:12).

    “Though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My unfailing love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you (Isaiah 54:10).

    The Lord… will show you mercy, have compassion on you… (Deuteronomy 13:17)

    Do you show contempt for the riches of His kindness, tolerance and patience?  Not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance? (Romans 2:4)

    And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you… (Isaiah 30:18)

    And God… did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in His kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:6-7)

    But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us… because of His own mercy… (Titus 3:4-5)

    When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them… (Matthew 9:36)

    As Jesus landed, He saw a great crowd waiting, and He was moved with compassion for them… (Mark 6:34)

    Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for these people…” (Matthew 15:32)

    He had compassion on them and healed their sick (Matthew 14:14).

    I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth… (Jeremiah 9:24)

    Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion… (Psalm 103:4)

    As a father has compassion on His children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him (Psalm 103:13).

    Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3).