Kindness Of God

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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.

If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

• Mephibosheth
• Orphan

And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

• Bowels
• Holy
• Character

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,