Kind Words

Sayings of pleasantness <FI>are<Fi> a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, <FI>Is<Fi> the word spoken at its fit times.

Joy <FI>is<Fi> to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season--how good!

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because of the cold;

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

And he saith, `Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning--not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.

The desirableness of a man <FI>is<Fi> his kindness, And better <FI>is<Fi> the poor than a liar.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

And Jehovah answereth the messenger, who is speaking with me, good words, comfortable words.

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

And David saith to him, `Be not afraid; for I certainly do with thee kindness because of Jonathan thy father, and have given back to thee all the field of Saul thy father, and thou dost eat bread at my table continually.'

`And, now, Jehovah doth with you kindness and truth, and also, I do with you this good because ye have done this thing;

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

For mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to the age. Praise ye Jah!

in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one--Jehovah.

The mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> ruin to him, And his lips <FI>are<Fi> the snare of his soul.

The righteous doth beat me <FI>in<Fi> kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer <FI>is<Fi> about their vexations.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, <FI>From the<Fi> increase of his lips he is satisfied.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

A fountain of life <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

Deep waters <FI>are<Fi> the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> a flowing brook.

And they speak unto him, saying, `If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?'

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, `The head of a dog <FI>am<Fi> I--that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David--that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?

but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.'

and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

Lo, then, goodness and severity of God--upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — read the full passage →

`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things--being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible <FI>men<Fi> retain riches. — read the full passage →

yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou <FI>art<Fi> a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

`And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah--because I have done with you kindness--that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,

`Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee) kindness with me, and hast made mention of me unto Pharaoh, then hast thou brought me out from this house,

and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) --her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.'

And he saith, `Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, cause to meet, I pray Thee, before me this day--(and do kindness with my lord Abraham;

and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;' and Naomi saith to her, `The man is a relation of ours; he <FI>is<Fi> of our redeemers.'

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

if so be ye did taste that the Lord <FI>is<Fi> gracious,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> thoughts of wickedness, And pure <FI>are<Fi> sayings of pleasantness.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father's house, that I say to her, This <FI>is<Fi> thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He <FI>is<Fi> my brother.'