Bible Verses About Acts of Kindness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for acts of kindness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,037 votes, led by Ephesians 4:32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Acts of Kindness
Ephesians 4:32271 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Luke 6:38163 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Galatians 5:22-23161 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Luke 6:27-31132 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
John 13:34123 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Acts 20:35113 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
1 John 3:1899 votes
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 Corinthians 13:496 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
John 15:1394 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 12:1074 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
1 Corinthians 13:1-1354 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Matthew 25:34-4049 votes
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Ephesians 4:249 votes
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
1 Corinthians 13:1343 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Galatians 5:2241 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Colossians 3:1241 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Romans 12:940 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
James 1:2738 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Colossians 3:12-1337 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
1 John 4:1237 votes
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Luke 6:3534 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Romans 2:430 votes
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Ephesians 2:8-1030 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Acts 28:229 votes
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
2 Corinthians 6:629 votes
By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
What does the Bible say about acts of kindness?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:32 on the subject of acts of kindness. Across 3,037 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:38, Galatians 5:22-23, Luke 6:27-31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.