Quotes about Kindness
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
— Exodus 23:4
If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
— Exodus 23:5
You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:14
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:18
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
— Leviticus 23:22
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
— Leviticus 25:35
You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
— Leviticus 25:43
may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
— Numbers 6:25
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
— Deuteronomy 10:19
You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
— Deuteronomy 15:3
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
— Deuteronomy 15:7
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
— Deuteronomy 15:8