KINDNESS
(See also Fruitage of God’s Spirit; Generosity; Hospitality; Love; Loving-Kindness)
congregation: w78 4/1 21-22; w78 8/15 16; w70 676; w67 146-147; w64 494; w60 370-371, 505; w57 53-54; w54 565-567; w49 356-357
consideration for older persons: km 1/80 3; g79 6/22 10-12; km 12/79 3; km 1/78 1; g75 5/22 25-26; w74 265-266
consideration for sick persons: km 1/78 1
cultivating: w85 9/15 11-12
discipline as a: w82 4/15 28-29; w75 14-15; w60 364-365; g59 9/22 3-4
discussion: w85 9/15 10-12; w79 5/1 3-4; w78 2/15 3-6; km 6/77 4; w76 675-676; w75 675-676; w74 120-122; ad 993-995; w60 361-373; g59 9/22 3-4
elders: w78 2/15 4-5
examples: yb84 30-32, 106-107; g83 5/22 27; w82 9/1 23; w81 1/1 7, 25; g80 2/8 29-30; g80 3/8 4; g80 6/22 25-27; g80 12/22 26; w79 4/15 30; w79 6/15 32; g79 6/22 10-11, 16; g79 8/8 13; w78 2/15 3-6; w78 6/15 32; w78 11/15 5; yb78 157; g78 1/8 26; g78 5/8 14; g78 6/8 4; g78 12/22 19; w77 71; g77 6/22 3-4; g77 10/22 24; km 5/77 7; w76 16-17; g76 8/22 29; g76 9/22 9; w75 127; w75 675-676; g75 2/22 22; g75 6/8 4; w74 120-121; yb74 99; g74 3/22 21; w72 221-222, 318-319; yb72 60, 117; te 35-38; yb71 181; w70 446-447, 675-676; yb70 244, 271-272; g70 3/8 16; w69 253, 564; yb69 101, 112-113, 156, 221, 253; w68 118-120, 377; yb68 253; w67 148-149; yb67 85, 98-99, 150, 189-190, 231-232, 246-247, 272; yb66 180-181; w65 350; ms 299-300; g65 12/8 23-24; w64 497-498, 596; g64 7/22 3; w63 430-432, 470; yb62 100, 145-146; w61 14, 286; yb61 21-22, 82, 234; w60 363-364, 370-371; w59 452; w54 155; ch 76
brothers in Malawi share last funds: yb85 186
Ebed-melech: w78 1/1 22-23
El Salvador: w79 7/15 32
Jehovah: w85 9/15 10-11
Jesus Christ: w81 9/15 18
Kersten’s (Dr. Felix), to Witnesses in Nazi Germany: yb74 195-200; w63 568
kindness to brother who lost both hands: w81 1/1 25
overcomes opposition: g78 9/8 4-5
pharmacist shows kindness to persecuted Witnesses in Malawi: yb85 185-186
relief work after World War II: w80 4/15 27
Spanish judge toward Witnesses: yb78 240-241
to destitute family with disabled car: w85 3/15 23
wallet returned by anonymous Witness: w85 10/1 32
Witness bus driver: g78 9/8 23
expressing appreciation for: w75 16-17; te 43-46; w65 35-36
failure to show: g83 5/22 16
family: g85 1/8 6; g74 4/22 10-11; w70 676; w67 145-146; w63 432-434; w61 708; w60 366, 612; w59 549-550; w57 179-180
field ministry: w85 9/15 12; km 8/84 3; km 2/78 8; km 6/77 4; w67 145, 148; qm 192; w64 596; w61 14, 286; yb61 22; w60 367-370; qm55 192; w37 156; w32 4
fruit of God’s spirit: w78 8/15 16; w67 144-145; w66 495; w63 110; w62 214; w61 14, 286; yb61 21-22; w60 362; w54 665-666; w50 75; w49 356
“human kindness”:
meaning of term: w85 9/15 10; w78 2/15 3
lacking in world: g75 7/22 29; g74 7/22 30; w67 144; w63 431
“love kindness” (Mic 6:8): w85 9/15 11; w78 9/15 14-15; ad 994
loving-kindness: g77 2/8 3-5
marriage mates: w81 7/1 14-15; w78 2/15 3-4; fl 72; w77 554-555; g74 4/22 10
meaning of term: ad 993; w70 675; w67 144; w62 214; w61 286
mistaken kindness: w82 4/15 28-29; w80 5/15 3-4
needs to be learned in early years: g83 1/22 24
proper response to unkindness: g75 6/8 3-4
value of a mild answer: w77 248
rewards: yb79 221; g77 6/22 3-4; w75 676; yb68 204-205; w67 150; yb65 191-192, 248; yb64 230-231, 276-277; w63 430-436; g62 10/22 3; w60 371-373; w57 61-62; w50 88
leads to opportunities to witness: yb84 30-32; g80 3/8 4; km 5/77 7; km 6/77 4
showing godlike: w85 9/15 10-12
to neighbors: km 5/77 1, 7; te 35-38
to oneself: w59 483-484