Kindness

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

`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;

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

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

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

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 →

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

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

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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

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

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

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

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?

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

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.

Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

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.'

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

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

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.

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;

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

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;

for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

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

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.

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

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

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.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, — read the full passage →

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

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

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

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.'

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

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

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

and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,

`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,

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

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

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.

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

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.

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.

though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good--from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;'

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

In overflowing wrath I hid my face <FI>for<Fi> a moment from thee, And in kindness age-during I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer--Jehovah!

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

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 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;

Good <FI>is<Fi> the man--gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

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

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

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

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

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.'

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

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

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

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

`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 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.'

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

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.'

To a despiser of his friends <FI>is<Fi> shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

And David sendeth messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead, and saith unto them, `Blessed <FI>are<Fi> ye of Jehovah, in that ye have done this kindness with your lord, with Saul, that ye bury him.

and Saul saith unto the Kenite, `Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume thee with it, and thou didst kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt;' and the Kenite turneth aside from the midst of Amalek.

How precious <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

And David saith, `Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?'

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

And the king saith, `Is there not yet a man to the house of Saul, and I do with him the kindness of God?' And Ziba saith unto the king, `Jonathan hath yet a son--lame.'

And David saith, `Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?' — read the full passage →

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

on the next <FI>day<Fi> also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit <FI>him<Fi> , having gone on unto friends, to receive <FI>their<Fi> care.

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; — read the full passage →

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another. — read the full passage →

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.'

and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much.

and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof. — 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. — read the full passage →

For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee. — read the full passage →