11 Top Bible Verses-Be Kind

11 Top Bible Verses-Be Kind …

Even in difficult times…

“Be safe…”

“Be healthy…”

“Be kind…”

“That’s what we say to each other before the start of every shift,” the MD tells the TV reporter…

He’s an ICU doctor during the Covid-19 Crisis.

His last two words stop me…

“Be kind’…

I wonder…

Are those two words the ones we forget?

It’s so easy to look at my own needs…

And think, “Be healthy, Be safe…”

But, “Be kind”?

To be kind, I must look beyond my own needs…

I must look to look to the needs of others…

I write this post during the Covid-19 pandemic.

There are so many posts urging everyone to be safe, to be healthy…

Before they devolve into a rage…

A rage against anyone who holds a different view about the virus…

A trend that is not limited to social media posts…

Nor to the topic of the pandemic.

I wonder what Jesus has to say about being kind,,,

Even in difficult times…

Even to people with whom we disagree…

Check out these 11 Top Bible Verses-Be Kind …

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Colossians 3:14

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Philippians 2:1-30

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, …

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?