Quotes about Kindness
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
— Judges 5:25
They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
— Judges 8:35
her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
— Judges 19:3
“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
— Judges 19:20
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
— Ruth 2:2
At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
— Ruth 2:10
Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
— Ruth 2:11
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
— Ruth 2:12
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
— Ruth 2:13
When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
— Ruth 2:15
Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
— Ruth 2:16
She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
— Ruth 2:18