Verses to Help You Treat Others with Tender Loving Care

It isn’t always easy to remember to treat others with tender loving care. Maybe that’s why there are so many places in the Bible that mention how we are to treat each other. Here are a few of my favorites:

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. Psalm 139:23-24

If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Romans 12:18

Be rooted and grounded in love. Ephesians 3:17

Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring it out. 1 Thess. 5:15

An encouraging word soothes the soul. Proverbs 12:25

A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17

Let all that you do be done in love. 1 Cor. 16:14

Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3

There is no excuse for passing judgment on someone else. Romans 2:1

Walk in humility and gentleness, with patience, being tolerant of one another in love, diligent in preserving unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3

Speak the truth in love. Eph. 4:15

Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tender-hearted and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 1 Peter 3:8-9

Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. Matt. 5:44

However you want people to treat you, so treat them. Matt 7:12

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. Romans 14:13

Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Matt. 22:39

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:25

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality. Romans 12:9-12

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:14-21

What favorite verses prompt you to treat others with tender loving care?