'Tenderly' in the Bible

He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Then her husband arose and went after her to speak tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father’s house, and when the girl’s father saw him, he was glad to meet him.

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,and announce to herthat her time of forced labor is over,her iniquity has been pardoned,and she has received from the Lord’s handdouble for all her sins.”

Therefore, I am going to persuade her,lead her to the wilderness,and speak tenderly to her.

Now when they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him.”

“Get up! Take the Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

Then Joseph got up, and took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Hello, Rabbi!" and kissed him tenderly.

Then after he had hugged the children, he tenderly blessed them as he laid his hands on them.

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Rabbi," and kissed him tenderly.

You gave Me no [welcoming] kiss, but from the moment I came in, she has not ceased to kiss My feet.

"So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly.

So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him [as a close friend]!”

for the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from the Father.

So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple (John), whom Jesus loved (esteemed), and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him!”

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as the Messiah does the church.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.

Having such a deep affection for you, we were delighted to share with you not only God’s good news but also our own lives, because you had become so very dear to us.

Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will].