Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Suffereth

2 Corinthians 6:6
through my purity of life, my knowledge, my patience, my kindness, my holiness of spirit, my genuine love,
Galatians 5:22
But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Ephesians 4:2
with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another lovingly.
Colossians 1:11
Then, so mighty is his majesty, he will nerve you perfectly with strength for the cheerful exercise of endurance and forbearance in every situation,
Colossians 3:12
As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.
2 Timothy 2:25
correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth,
2 Timothy 3:10
But you have closely followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the message; be at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people, with perfect patience and willingness to teach.
James 3:17
The wisdom that is from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, considerate, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, whole-hearted, straightforward.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all keep your love for one another strong, because love covers up a host of sins.

Is kind

Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and help them and lend to them, never despairing, and you will be richly rewarded, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Ephesians 4:32
You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Colossians 3:12
As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest,
2 Peter 1:7
piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love.
1 John 3:16
We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another.

Envieth

1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?
Matthew 27:18
For he knew that they had handed him over to him out of envy.
Romans 1:29
They revel in every kind of wrongdoing, wickedness, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and ill-nature.
Romans 13:13
Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.
2 Corinthians 12:20
for I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. I am afraid that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, bad feeling, rivalry, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder,
Galatians 5:21
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you as I did before that people who do such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
Philippians 1:15
Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will.
1 Timothy 6:4
is a conceited, ignorant person, with a morbid craving for speculations and arguments which result only in envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.
James 3:14
But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth.
James 4:5
Do you suppose the Scripture means nothing when it says, "He yearns jealously over the Spirit he has put in our hearts?"
1 Peter 2:1
Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,

Is not

1 Corinthians 4:6
Now, brothers, for your benefit I have applied all this only to Apollos and myself, by using us as illustrations to teach you the old lesson, "Never go beyond the letter," and to keep any of you from boasting of one teacher at the expense of another.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And can you put on airs, instead of being overwhelmed with grief at having to expel from your number the man who has done this?
1 Corinthians 8:1
About food that has been offered to idols, it is true, as you say, that we all have some knowledge on that matter. Knowledge gives people airs; love is what builds up character.
Colossians 2:18
No one can put you in the wrong by persisting in studied humility and the worship of angels, being absorbed in the visions he has seen, and groundlessly conceited over his mere human mind.
Philippians 2:1
So by whatever appeal there is in our relation to Christ, by whatever incentive there is in love, by whatever participation there is in the Spirit, whatever affection and sympathy,

General references

Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for your persecutors,
Luke 22:24
A dispute also arose among them, as to which one of them ought to be considered the greatest.
Philippians 2:4
Do not take account of your own interests, but of the interests of others as well.