The best Bible verses for kindness (KJV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for kindness (KJV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."Matthew 5:11
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."Matthew 5:11
"By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,"2 Corinthians 6:6
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"Colossians 3:12
"That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus."Ephesians 2:7
"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."Isaiah 54:8
"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."Jeremiah 9:24
"The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."Jeremiah 31:3
"Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore."Psalms 18:50
"Our fathers 1 understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea."Psalms 106:7
"Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children."Psalms 109:12
"Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart."Psalms 109:16
"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. me; it shall be"Psalms 141:5
"Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"Romans 2:4
"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."Romans 11:22
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for kindness (KJV) are Matthew 5:11, 2 Corinthians 6:6, 2 Peter 1:7. 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 (KJV) 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 (KJV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.