Week #2 in the Scripture Challenge SCRC209: Kindness
"After doing a study on the week's word, I decided that I couldn't just pick one verse. I enjoyed the study so much I picked out my favorites and made a little mini album. My own little concordance to turn to when needed. It has all my favorite verses on the word and it amazes me that each study shows how GOD exhibits the theme and how He shows us how to live a life that follows His example. And the good news: it all leads to eternal life with Him. 2 Peter 1:3-11 "
Kindness
Â… the act or the state of being kind and marked by charitable behavior, marked by mild disposition, pleasantness, tenderness and concern for others. ~ Wikipedia
Â…the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic; forgivingness: tendency to be kind and forgiving. ~ Wordnet
Synonyms: Compassion, Sympathy, Gentleness, Thoughtfulness, Consideration. KindheartednessÂ…
Isaiah 63:7 “I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which He is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us.”
Jeremiah 9:24 “…let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight, declares the Lord.” ~ only God and our knowledge of and love for Him are worthwhile. The Hebrew word for ‘kindness’ here is translated as ‘devotion’ - the most intimate degree of loyalty, love and faithfulness that can exist between two people or between an individual and the Lord.
Isaiah 54: 8, 10 “…with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, says the Lord…” “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has compassion on you.”
Ephesians 2:6-7 “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”
Titus 3:4 “When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy.” God did not simple banish fallen men but acted to save us because of His kindness and great love for us!!!!
Clothe Yourselves With Kindness:
Gal 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” “…live by the spirit…” ~ Gal 5:16
Col 3:12 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Eph. 4:32 “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
I Thess 5:15 “Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.”
2 Tim. 2:24 “And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.”
2 Cor. 6:3-6 “We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way… in purity, understanding, patience and kindness…”
Proverbs 12:25 “An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.”
Proverbs 14:31 “He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.”
I Cor. 13:4 “Love is patient, love is kind.” “Love one another.”
2 Peter 1:3-11 “…make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love….. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
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