Bible Verses About Lovingkindness: 12

"Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you."

— Psalm 63:3 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about lovingkindness want Scripture on the Hebrew chesed — the loyal, steadfast love the KJV often renders "lovingkindness" — not only the broader mercy inventory alone, the everyday kindness list alone, or the God's love hub alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: What does hesed mean?, Bible verses about mercy, Bible verses about kindness, Bible verses about God's love, Bible verses about God's mercy, Bible verses about grace, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about worship, Bible verses about salvation, and Bible verse of the day. Lovingkindness here means chesed name-speech and "your love / lovingkindness" praise — distinct from the mercy/kindness obligation lists and the Johannine "God is love" hub alone.

Word study (lead theme). In Hebrew, חֶסֶד chesed (Strong's H2617; Bible Hub H2617) — loyal love, steadfast love, lovingkindness. Psalm 63:3 is a classic: your love (chesed) is better than life. This list tracks chesed praise and "your lovingkindness" prayer speech — not the mercy-requirement twelve on mercy and not the kindness-fruit twelve on kindness.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalm 63 presses that God's lovingkindness is better than life — enough to open the lips in praise (Bible Hub MHC Psalms 63; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Psalm 63). (The mercy and kindness hubs live on those pages; this list centers chesed / lovingkindness speech.)

12 Bible verses about lovingkindness

1. Psalm 63:3. "Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you." Lovingkindness better than life — the classic chesed praise. See What does hesed mean?.

2. Psalm 136:1. "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever." His love (chesed) endures forever — the refrain psalm. See Bible verses about worship.

3. Psalm 17:7. "Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes." Wonders of your great love (chesed). See Bible verses about hope.

4. Psalm 26:3. "for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness." Mindful of your unfailing love (chesed). See Bible verses about faith.

5. Psalm 36:7. "How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings." Priceless unfailing love (chesed). See Bible verses about God's love.

6. Psalm 40:11. "Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me." Your love (chesed) and faithfulness protect. See Bible verses about faith.

7. Psalm 42:8. "By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life." The Lord directs his love (chesed). See Bible verses about hope.

8. Psalm 48:9. "Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love." Meditate on your unfailing love (chesed). See Bible verses about worship.

9. Psalm 89:1. "I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations." Sing of the Lord's great love (chesed) forever. See Bible verses about worship.

10. Psalm 92:2. "proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night," Proclaiming your love (chesed) in the morning. See Bible verses about faith.

11. Psalm 119:76. "May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant." Unfailing love (chesed) as comfort. See Bible verses about hope.

12. Isaiah 63:7. "I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us—yes, the many good things he has done for Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses." The kindnesses (chasadei) of the Lord — chesed recounted. See Bible verses about salvation.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need lovingkindness — not twelve as a grind. If you need chesed better than life, start at Psalm 63:3. If you need the forever refrain, open Psalm 136:1. If you need morning proclamation, open Psalm 92:2. For the word study page, open What does hesed mean?. For mercy as practice, open Bible verses about mercy. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about lovingkindness?

Psalm 63:3 (your love is better than life) is the clear starting place; Psalm 136:1 and Psalm 89:1 press the forever chesed refrain.

How do Bible verses about lovingkindness differ from mercy alone?

Mercy pages gather merciful practice and "be merciful" commands. This list centers chesed / lovingkindness praise and prayer — the loyal-love Name speech the KJV often labels lovingkindness.

What Hebrew word sits under lovingkindness?

Chesed (H2617) — loyal love, steadfast love, lovingkindness.

Why isn't Psalm 51:1 or Lamentations 3:22 on this page?

Those exclusive mercy / God's-mercy leads stay on those hubs so the lists stay distinct (this page owns the chesed-praise inventory above).

Where should I start if I only read one page?

Start here for lovingkindness; open What does hesed mean? for the word; open mercy for merciful practice.