10 Great Bible Verses About Kindness

The Bible is such a great source of strength and wisdom. When teaching on the topic of kindness, the Bible reminds us to be kind to enemies and friends alike. It teaches kindness with a loving and forgiving heart. Jesus also taught us by His example to be kind to children. Please read through these Bible verses slowly and maybe jot down one that God is speaking to you with. Read this verse you jot down and pray on it until God has spoken to you through it. Feel free to use these Kindness Bible verses as a topical Bible study, a devotional or a Sunday School lesson. I encourage you to study the context that each of these verses came from for a better understanding of the verse.

10 Kindness Bible Quotes

Kindness Bible Verses: Being Kind to Friends

Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.

John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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Bible Verses on Kindness: Being Kind to Enemies

Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please the LORD,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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Kindness Bible Scriptures: Forgiveness is a part of being kind

Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Numbers 14:19-20
Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now."

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Bible Verses About Kindness: Love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Peter 4:8
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

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Bible Scriptures on Kindness: God Calls Us To Be Kind to One Another

Colossians 3:12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Kindness To Children In the Bible: Demonstrated in Jesus

Matthew 19:14
but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."

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I pray these Bible verses on kindness were what you needed to read today. Please add any of your favorite kindness scriptures to the comments so this becomes a better resource for those that find it.

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