Here are
Bible verses about acts of kindness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Ephesians 4:32 KJV
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Galatians 5:22-23 KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Luke 6:38 KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Luke 6:27-31 KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
John 13:34 KJV
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Acts 20:35 KJV
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 John 3:18 KJV
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
John 15:13 KJV
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 Corinthians 13:4 KJV
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 12:10 KJV
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ephesians 4:2 KJV
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Matthew 25:34-40 KJV
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Galatians 5:22 KJV
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Romans 12:9 KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Colossians 3:12 KJV
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
1 John 4:12 KJV
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
James 1:27 KJV
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Colossians 3:12-13 KJV
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Ephesians 2:8-10 KJV
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Hebrews 13:5 KJV
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
2 Corinthians 6:6 KJV
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Romans 2:4 KJV
By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
1 John 4:18 KJV
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
1 Corinthians 13:2 KJV
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Acts 28:2 KJV
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
John 13:35 KJV
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Luke 6:35 KJV
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
1 John 4:16 KJV
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Acts 14:17 KJV
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
John 14:27 KJV
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Proverbs 19:22 KJV
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
1 Timothy 6:11 KJV
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Ephesians 2:7 KJV
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1 Corinthians 12:7 KJV
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
1 John 4:8 KJV
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
Hebrews 6:10 KJV
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Matthew 5:43-48 KJV
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Micah 6:8 KJV
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Isaiah 54:10 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Titus 3:4 KJV
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Psalms 117:2 KJV
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
1 John 4:9 KJV
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 54:8 KJV
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Psalms 141:5 KJV
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Psalms 31:21 KJV
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
2 Peter 1:7 KJV
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Hebrews 13:17 KJV
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
Hebrews 13:2 KJV
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Hebrews 12:12 KJV
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Galatians 6:9 KJV
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
John 15:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
John 3:16 KJV
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
1 Samuel 20:15 KJV
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Ruth 3:10 KJV
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
Genesis 40:14 KJV
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
1 Peter 2:3 KJV
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
1 Thessalonians 5:13 KJV
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
2 Corinthians 8:7 KJV
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Romans 11:22 KJV
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
Matthew 5:7 KJV
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Joel 2:13 KJV
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
2 Samuel 9:7 KJV
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
1 Samuel 15:6 KJV
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
Joshua 2:12 KJV
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
1 John 2:5 KJV
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
1 Peter 5:5 KJV
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 KJV
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Romans 15:30 KJV
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Matthew 24:12 KJV
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Matthew 22:37-38 KJV
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Jonah 4:2 KJV
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
Proverbs 25:22 KJV
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Psalms 119:76 KJV
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
1 Samuel 20:14 KJV
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Ruth 2:20 KJV
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
Genesis 21:23 KJV
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Genesis 20:13 KJV
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
1 John 4:10 KJV
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
1 John 3:6 KJV
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 Peter 1:7 KJV
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
1 Timothy 4:12 KJV
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Colossians 3:13 KJV
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Acts 9:36 KJV
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Matthew 25:40 KJV
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
Matthew 22:40-41 KJV
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Proverbs 31:26 KJV
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
Proverbs 15:1 KJV
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Nehemiah 9:17 KJV
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
1 Kings 2:7 KJV
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
2 Samuel 16:17 KJV
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
2 Samuel 2:6 KJV
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
2 Samuel 2:5 KJV
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
Jeremiah 9:24 KJV
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
Proverbs 3:3 KJV
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Acts 4:9 KJV
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Ruth 2:12 KJV
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
