The best Bible verses for kindness for kids include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for kindness for kids, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs."Acts 27:3
"The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs."Acts 27:3
"The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold."Acts 28:2
"Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die."Genesis 19:19
"Then he prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham."Genesis 24:12
"Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”"Genesis 24:49
"I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two groups."Genesis 32:10
"the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden."Genesis 39:21
"But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison."Genesis 40:14
"I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I lifted the yoke from their neck and bent down to feed them."Hosea 11:4
"Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show kindness to you, as you have shown to your dead and to me."Ruth 1:8
"“The Lord bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor."Ruth 3:10
"Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you are living as an alien the same kindness I have shown to you.”"Genesis 21:23
Scripture does not change for its audience, but which passages land does. The 15 verses below were chosen because they are accessible to kindness for kids without being condescending — plain in their language, concrete in their imagery, and short enough to hold in mind.
The point is not a simplified Bible. It is picking the passages that already speak clearly, so the reader meets the text itself rather than a paraphrase of it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for kindness for kids are Acts 27:3, Acts 28:2, Genesis 19:19. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to kindness for kids across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for kindness for kids, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.