kindness
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32And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
35So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.
17A merciful man benefits his own soul. But whoever is cruel casts out even his close relatives.
12Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
26She has opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth. 7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
17Whoever is merciful to the poor lends to the Lord. And he will repay him for his efforts.
18My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.
10Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.
9not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.