Top 27 Bible Verses About Kindness

Have you ever done something for a stranger, even when you didn’t have to, but did it knowing it would make them happy? Or have you ever been the recipient of a random act of kindness? That is the sort of kindness that comes from the fruit of the spirit.  Whether we are loved or hated for it, the Bible calls us to show kindness to our family, strangers, friends, people of our faith and all others.  Here are our top 27 Bible verses about kindness for you to study and get a sense for what true, biblical kindness is all about.

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Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

- 1 Samuel 15:6

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Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.

- Philippians 4:14

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Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

- 1 Peter 4:9

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For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

- Matthew 25:35

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She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

- Proverbs 31:26

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I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.

- Hosea 11:4

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Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

- Romans 12:13

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Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

- Proverbs 21:21

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And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”

- Ruth 2:20

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And he said, “May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.

- Ruth 3:10

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Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

- Romans 2:4

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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.

- Luke 6:35

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He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

- Micah 6:8

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Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection.

- Romans 12:9-10

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

- Galatians 5:22-23

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Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

- Hebrews 13:2

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Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other, as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

- Colossians 3:12-14

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Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

- Hebrews 13:1-2

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A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

- Proverbs 11:17

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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

- John 13:34-35

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Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

- Ephesians 4:32

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

- Colossians 3:12

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And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

- Luke 6:31

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Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

- 1 Corinthians 13:4

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

- Galatians 5:22

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

- Proverbs 17:17

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"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

- Job 6:14

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We hope these verses inspired you to go out and spread kindness! You can start by sharing these Bible verses about kindness to others so that they too can be inspired!