The best Bible verses for kindness (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for kindness (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."Matthew 5:11
"“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."Matthew 5:11
"in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;"2 Corinthians 6:6
"Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."Colossians 3:12
"in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus."Ephesians 2:7
"I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer."Isaiah 54:8
"but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord."Jeremiah 9:24
"The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness."Jeremiah 31:3
"He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever."Psalms 18:50
"When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea."Psalms 106:7
"For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted."Psalms 109:16
"Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it. Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;"Psalms 141:5
"Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?"Romans 2:4
"Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.