Kindness

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningLeviticus 19:34Deuteronomy 22:1–4Psalms 112:5Proverbs 14:21Proverbs 19:22Proverbs 31:26Isaiah 11:13Zechariah 7:9Zechariah 7:10Matthew 5:7Matthew 5:42Matthew 25:34–36Luke 6:30Luke 6:34Luke 6:35Acts 20:35Romans 12:15Romans 15:1Romans 15:2Romans 15:5
• INSTANCES OF
• Pharaoh to JacobGenesis 45:16–20Genesis 47:5Genesis 47:6
• Pharaoh's daughter to MosesExodus 2:6–10
• Rahab to the spiesJoshua 2:6–16
• David to Mephibosheth2 Samuel 9:1–13
• Joab to Absalom2 Samuel 14:1–24
• Ahab to Ben-hadad1 Kings 20:32–34
• Elisha to the woman whose son he restored to life2 Kings 8:1
• Evil-merodach to Jehoiachin2 Kings 25:28–30
• Jehoshabeath to Joash2 Chronicles 22:11
• The Jews to the peopleNehemiah 5:8–19

The passages, in Bible order (60)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 45:16–20

   When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 45:16–201 voice

   “And Pharaoh rejoiced because Joseph had known his brothers. From there the news spread in Pharaoh's house, and he urged the holy Joseph to invite his brothers to come with their father. He also gives orders that their packs be filled with grain and loaded onto wagons. What can account for such consideration shown to a stranger? Only that a great mystery was being revealed, a mystery the church today does not deny.

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2. Genesis 47:5

   Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 47:51 voice

   “And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph,.... Who was present at the conversation that passed between him and his brethren: saying, thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee; which is observed, not for Joseph's information, but to lead on to what he had to say further.

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3. Genesis 47:6

   the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 47:61 voice

   “The land of Egypt is before thee,....

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4. Exodus 2:6–10

   When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

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   “And when she had opened it,....

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5. Leviticus 19:34

   You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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   “But a stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you,....

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6. Deuteronomy 22:1–4

   If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

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   “Scripture teaches us by means of natural fellowship to treat the object found as a trust and not to hold hatred of an enemy.

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7. Joshua 2:6–16

   (But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

   ›Commentary on Joshua 2:6–161 voice

   "I will be mindful of Rahab," of Rahab, that harlot who lodged Jesus' [Joshua's] secret agents, who lived in Jericho where Jesus [Joshua] had come and had dispatched the two spies. Jericho, that collapsed in seven days, is a type of this world, and as such is determined to kill the secret agents. Because, therefore, Jericho is bent upon killing the spies, Rahab, the harlot, alone received them, lodged them not on the ground floor but in the upper story of the roof—or, in other words, in the sublimity of her faith.

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8. 2 Samuel 9:1–13

   Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

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   “And David said,....

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9. 2 Samuel 14:1–24

   Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

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   “Now Joab the son of Zeruiah,.... The general of David's army: perceived that the king's heart was towards Absalom; and longed to have him returned, though he knew not how to bring it about with credit to himself, his crime being so foul, and worthy of death.

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10. 1 Kings 20:32–34

    So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

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    “So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads,....

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11. 2 Kings 8:1

    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

    ›Commentary on 2 Kings 8:12 voices

    "Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, 'Get up and go with your household.' " This is the Shunammite woman who had received Elisha in her home. And [the prophet] had taken care of her son too, who …

    “Then spoke Elisha unto the woman (whose son he had restored to life),....

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12. 2 Kings 25:28–30

    And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

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    Jeremiah calls this son of Jehoiakim Jeconiah, and the Pharaoh Neco called the father of this man, though named Eliakim, Jehoiakim, whom Babylon, having carried off, cast forth before the gate, as the present prophet and Josephus in the tenth book of his Antiquities says. And the other editions have given the signet ring as a seal. And every person who through repentance makes shine again what is according to the image becomes a seal, a ring on the "right hand of God."

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13. 2 Chronicles 22:11

    But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

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14. Nehemiah 5:8–19

    and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

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    “And I said unto them,....

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15. Esther 2:7

    And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.

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    “It is evident that Esther signifies the gentile church. Her name is interpreted as "hiding place," and she also had the other name of Hadassah, that is, "mercy." The church is pleasing to God in the hiding place of his heart because of the chastity …

    “And he brought up Hadassah (that is Esther) his uncle's daughter,.... Her Hebrew name was Hadassah, which signifies a myrtle, to which the Israelites, and good men among them, are sometimes compared, Zec 1:

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16. Psalms 112:5

    It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

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    “Delightful is the man who shows mercy and lends. Because the Lord is merciful and compassionate, let the righteous man too imitate his Lord: let him also be merciful. Delightful is the man who shows mercy and lends. Does someone suppose that he is speaking about gold and about silver and about money? The righteous have so far been without anything to lend to others that they themselves received their food from others. So then, if I have nothing to give, am I no longer righteous?

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