8 occurrences

'Show Kindness' in the Bible

And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersGrace, In OtAdventureSuccess Through GodguidanceHaving A Good Day

Now, if you are going to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; if not, tell me, and I will go elsewhere.”

Verse ConceptsChanging DirectionGiving InformationTurning To Right And Left

But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

Verse ConceptsRemembering PeoplePeople Releasing Othersjail

And now, please swear [an oath] to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s household (family), and give me a pledge of truth and faithfulness,

Verse ConceptsSwearing

The men answered her, “We will give our lives for yours. If you don’t report our mission, we will show kindness and faithfulness to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsReward, HumanNegotiationDo Not TellExchange Of Individuals

and they did not show kindness to the family of Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeKindnessMannersUnfaithful

But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, each [of you] return to her mother's house. May Yahweh {show kindness to you} [just] as you did with the dead and with me.

Verse ConceptsKindnessMothers Love For Her ChildrenDeath Of A Mother

And now the LORD show kindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

Verse ConceptsAppreciationGoodnessdevotion

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

Verse ConceptsBlameAnger, HumanLoyaltyOffenceNamed People Angry With OthersPeople Of Judah

And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house (family) of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

Verse ConceptsDavid, Character OfGesturesHelpfulnessHousesGratitudeFamily And Friendsgrandfatherssaul

David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly.”

Verse ConceptsGrandparentsReinstatementRestitutionBenevolenceRestoring Thingsgrandfathersreassurance

And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyCondolence

But show 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 from Absalom thy brother.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessTablesGratitudeBenevolence

And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

Verse Conceptsenvoy

Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them .

Verse ConceptsBrokennessdiscouragementKindnessUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPersecutionA Broken HeartBroken Heartsheartbrokenharassment

For, if you show kindness only to those who show kindness to you, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast do that!

Verse ConceptsDo Good!Good ReboundingThanks To PeopleGiving Without Expecting ReturnTreating OthersHelping Those In NeedBeing Different

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