What does the Bible say about kindness?

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Kindness appears in Paul’s letters to the Ephesians and Colossians and in the wisdom of Proverbs.

In Ephesians 4:32:

32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

In Colossians 3:12:

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

In Proverbs 11:17:

17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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