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Biblical
Virtuous Dispositions
-Toward Others-
God uses scripture to teach his people what disposition they must have in the faith.
This list of virtues directs the believer's heart and mind toward others.
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Care (Carest)
Instruction
1 Corinthians 12:25 KJV - "That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."
Testimonials
Matthew 22:16 KJV - "And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men."
Mark 12:14 KJV - "And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?"
2 Corinthians 8:16 KJV - "But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you."
2 Corinthians 11:28 KJV - "Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches."
Philippians 4:10 KJV - "But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity."
Care
Instruction
1 Peter 4:8 KJV - "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins."
Testimonials
2 Corinthians 7:7 KJV - "And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more."
Fervent
Instruction
Ephesians 4:32 KJV - "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
Testimonials
2 Chronicles 13:7 KJV - "And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them."
Tenderhearted
Instruction
2 Corinthians 6:4-6 KJV - "4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,"
Colossians 3:12 KJV - "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"
2 Peter 1:5-7 KJV - "5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity."
Wisdom
Psalm 141:5 KJV - "Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities."
Proverbs 19:22 KJV - "The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar."
Affirmation
2 Samuel 9:1 KJV - "And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
2 Samuel 9:3, 7 KJV - "And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. ... 7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually."
2 Samuel 10:2 KJV - "Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon."
1 Chronicles 19:2 KJV - "And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him."
Testimonials
Genesis 21:23 KJV - "Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned."
Ruth 2:20 KJV - "And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen."
Ruth 3:10 KJV - "And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich."
1 Samuel 15:6 KJV - "And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites."
2 Samuel 2:5 KJV - "And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him."
1 Kings 3:6 KJV - "And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day."
Esther 2:9 KJV - "And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women."
Proverbs 31:26 KJV - "She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness."
Jeremiah 2:2 KJV - "Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown."
Acts 28:2 KJV - "And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold."
Kindness
Instruction
Leviticus 19:18 KJV — "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD."
Leviticus 19:34 KJV — "But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."
Deuteronomy 10:19 KJV — "Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Matthew 5:43-44 KJV — "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"
Matthew 19:19 KJV — "Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Matthew 22:39 KJV — "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Mark 12:31 KJV — "And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."
Mark 12:33 KJV — "And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
Luke 6:27 KJV — "But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,"
Luke 6:35 KJV — "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."
Luke 10:27 KJV — "And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself."
John 13:34 KJV — "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 15:12 KJV — "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
John 15:17 KJV — "These things I command you, that ye love one another."
Romans 12:9 KJV — "Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good."
Romans 12:10 KJV — "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"
Romans 13:8 KJV — "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."
Romans 13:9 KJV — "For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Galatians 5:13 KJV — "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another."
Ephesians 5:2 KJV — "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."
Ephesians 5:25, 28 KJV — "25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;... 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself."
Ephesians 5:33 KJV — "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband."
Ephesians 4:13-15 KJV — "13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."
Colossians 3:19 KJV — "Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them."
James 2:8 KJV — "If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:"
1 Peter 1:22 KJV — "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:"
1 Peter 2:17 KJV — "Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king."
1 Peter 3:8 KJV — "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:"
1 John 3:11 KJV — "For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."
1 John 3:23 KJV — "And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment."
1 John 4:21 KJV — "And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also."
2 John 1:5 KJV — "And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another."
Imploration
2 Corinthians 2:8 KJV — "Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him."
Philippians 2:2 KJV — "Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."
Philippians 2:1 KJV — "1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 KJV - "12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves."
Hebrews 10:24 KJV — "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:"
Hebrews 13:1 KJV — "Let brotherly love continue."
1 John 4:7 KJV — "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God."
1 John 4:11 KJV — "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."
Learning
Matthew 5:46 KJV — "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?"
Luke 6:32 KJV — "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them."
Luke 7:41-43 KJV — "There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged."
1 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV — "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"
1 Thessalonians 4:9 KJV — "But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another."
Titus 2:4 KJV — "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,"
Wisdom
Proverbs 9:8 KJV — "Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."
Proverbs 10:12 KJV — "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins."
Proverbs 16:13 KJV — "Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right."
Proverbs 17:9 KJV — "He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."
John 8:42 KJV — "Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me."
John 13:35 KJV — "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."
John 15:13 KJV — "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Romans 13:10 KJV — "Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."
Galatians 5:14 KJV — "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
1 John 3:14 KJV — "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."
1 John 4:12 KJV — "No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us."
Implication
Ephesians 3:14-19 KJV — "14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."
Colossians 2:1-2 KJV — "1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;"
Testing
2 Corinthians 8:8 KJV — "I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love."
Coterie
Titus 3:15 KJV — "All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen."
Affirmation
1 Corinthians 16:24 KJV — "My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen."
2 Corinthians 2:4 KJV — "For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you."
2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV — "And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved."
2 John 1:1 KJV — "The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;"
Testimonials
2 Samuel 1:26 KJV — "I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women."
2 Corinthians 8:7 KJV — "Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also."
2 Corinthians 8:24 KJV — "Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf."
Colossians 1:4 KJV — "Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,"
Colossians 1:8 KJV — "Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit."
2 Corinthians 11:9-11 KJV — "And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth."
Ephesians 1:15-16 KJV — "Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;"
Ephesians 5:25 KJV — "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it:"
1 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV — "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"
2 Timothy 1:13 KJV — "Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus."
Philemon 1:5 KJV — "Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;"
Philemon 1:7 KJV — "For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother."
Philemon 1:9 KJV — "Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ."
3 John 1:1 KJV — "The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth."
Love
Long (Longed)
Affirmation
Romans 1:11 KJV - "For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;"
Philippians 1:8 KJV - "For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ."
Philippians 4:1 KJV - "Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved."
Testimonials
2 Corinthians 9:14 KJV - "And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you."
Philippians 2:26 KJV - "For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick."
Long
Affirmation
Romans 10:1 KJV — “Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.”
Ephesians 3:13 KJV — “Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.”
Philippians 4:17 KJV — “Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.”
Colossians 1:9 KJV — “For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”
Hebrews 6:11 KJV — “And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:”
Testimonials
Luke 22:15 KJV — “And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:”
2 Corinthians 7:6-7 KJV - "6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more."
Desire
Diligence (Diligent/Diligently)
Instruction
Deuteronomy 6:7 KJV - "And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up."
Proverbs 27:23 KJV - "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds."
Luke 12:58 KJV - "When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison."
Wisdom
Proverbs 10:4 KJV - "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich."
Diligence
Testimonials
2 Corinthians 7:7 KJV - "And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
2 Corinthians 8:16 KJV - "But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you."
Earnest
Esteem (Esteemed)
Instruction
Philippians 2:3 KJV - "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."
Implication
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 KJV - "12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, 13 and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves."
Esteem
Gladly (Glad)
Affirmation
2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV – “And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved."
Testimonials
Luke 8:40 KJV - "And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him."
Acts 21:17 KJV - "And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly."
2 Corinthians 13:9 KJV - "For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection."
Gladly
Joy (Joyfully/Joyfulness/Joying)
Instruction
Philippians 2:2 KJV — "Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."
Imploration
Philemon 1:20 KJV — "Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord."
Learning
John 15:11 KJV — "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full."
John 17:13 KJV — "And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves."
2 Corinthians 1:24 KJV — "Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand."
Philippians 1:25 KJV — "And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;"
Colossians 1:9-11 KJV - "9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;"
Coterie
2 John 1:12 KJV — "Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full."
Affirmation
John 3:29 KJV — "He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled."
2 Corinthians 2:3 KJV — "And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all."
Philippians 4:1 KJV — "Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved."
Colossians 2:5 KJV — "For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ."
1 Thessalonians 2:20 KJV — "For ye are our glory and joy."
1 Thessalonians 3:9 KJV — "For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;"
3 John 1:4 KJV — "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."
Testimonials
Luke 19:6 KJV — "And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully."
2 Corinthians 7:13 KJV — "Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all."
Philemon 1:7 KJV — "For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother."
Hebrews 10:34 KJV — "For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance."
1 Peter 1:8 KJV — "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:"
Joy
Meek (Meekness)
Instruction
Zephaniah 2:3 KJV — “Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.”
Ephesians 4:2 KJV — “With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
Colossians 3:12-13 KJV - "12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye."
1 Timothy 6:11 KJV — “But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Titus 3:2 KJV — “To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.”
1 Peter 3:15 KJV — “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:”
Meek
Instruction
Luke 6:36 KJV - "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful."
Wisdom
Proverbs 11:17 KJV - "The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh."
Implication
2 Samuel 22:26 KJV - "With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright."
Psalm 18:25 KJV - "With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;"
Matthew 5:7 KJV - "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."
Testimonials
1 Kings 20:31 KJV - "And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life."
Merciful
Minded (Mind/Mindful/Likeminded)
Instruction
Romans 12:16 KJV — "Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits."
Romans 15:5-6 KJV - "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 1:10 KJV — "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."
2 Corinthians 13:11 KJV — "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."
Philippians 2:2 KJV — "Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."
Philippians 2:3 KJV — "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."
Philippians 4:2 KJV — "I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord."
1 Peter 3:8 KJV — "Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:"
Imploration
Philemon 1:10-17 KJV - "10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: 14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself."
Learning
Romans 15:14-15 KJV - "14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,"
Testimonials
2 Corinthians 7:7 KJV — "And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more."
2 Timothy 1:4 KJV — "Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;"
Minded
Sober (Sobriety)
Instruction
1 Timothy 2:9 KJV — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Testimonials
2 Corinthians 5:13 KJV - "For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause."
A sober mind is a sound mind, which shows temperance of mental impulses.
Sober
Instruction
Ephesians 6:5 KJV — "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;"
Colossians 3:22 KJV — "Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:"
Singleness is simplicity with sincerity.
Singleness
Testimonials
2 Corinthians 9:2 KJV - "For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
Colossians 4:13 KJV - "For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis."