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Adjective chrēstos (kind, pleasant) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 11: 30 | For my yoke is pleasant (chrēstos), and my burden is light." |
Luke
| 5: 39 | And no one after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, 'The old is pleasant (chrēstos).'" |
| 6: 35 | But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind (chrēstos) to the ungrateful and the wicked. |
1 Corinthians
| 15: 33 | Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins kind (chrēstos) morals." |
Romans
| 2: 4 | Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God's kindness (chrēstos) is meant to lead you to repentance? |
Ephesians
| 4: 32 | and be kind (chrēstos) to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. |
1 Peter
| 2: 3 | if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is kind (chrēstos). |
Jeremiah (LXX)
| 24: 2 | The one basket was full of very pleasant (chrēstos) figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was full of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness. |
| 24: 3 | And the Lord said to me, What seest thou, Jeremias? and I said, Figs; the pleasant (chrēstos) figs, very pleasant (chrēstos); and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, for their badness. |
| 24: 5 | Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; As these pleasant (chrēstos) figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good. |
| 33 (40): 11 | the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of men saying, Give thanks to the Lord Almighty: for the Lord is kind (chrēstos); for his mercy endures for ever: and they shall bring gifts into the house of the Lord; for I will turn all the captivity of that land as before, said the Lord. |
| 44 (51): 17 | For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were pleasant (chrēstos), and saw no evils. |
| 52: 32 | and spoke of pleasant (chrēstos) [things] to him, and set his throne above the kings that were with him in Babylon, |
Ezekiel (LXX)
| 27: 22 | The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were thy merchants, with choice spices, and pleasant (chrēstos) stones: and they brought gold to thy market. |
| 28: 13 | Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every pleasant (chrēstos) stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold. |
Nahum (LXX)
| 1: 7 | 7 The Lord is kind (chrēstos) to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him. |
Daniel (LXX: Theodotion reading)
| 2: 32 | It was an image, the head of which was of pleasant (chrēstos) gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of brass, |
| 3: 89 | O give thanks unto the Lord, because he is kind (chrēstos): for his mercy endureth for ever. |
Job (LXX)
| 31: 31 | And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind (chrēstos): |
Proverbs (LXX)
| 2: 21 | For the kind (chrēstos) (man) shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it. |
Psalms (LXX)
| 25 (24): 8 | Kind (chrēstos) and upright is the Lord: therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. |
| 34 (33): 9 | Taste and see that the Lord is kind (chrēstos): blessed is the man who hopes in him. |
| 52 (51): 11 | I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is kind (chrēstos) before thy saints. |
| 69 (68): 17 | Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is kind (chrēstos): according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me. |
| 86 (85): 5 | For thou, O Lord, art kind (chrēstos), and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. |
| 100 (99): 5 | For the Lord is kind (chrēstos), his mercy is for ever; and his truth endures to generation and generation. |
| 106 (105): 1 | Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is kind (chrēstos): for his mercy endures for ever. |
| 107 (106): 1 | Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is kind (chrēstos); for his mercy endures for ever. |
| 109 (108): 21 | But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal mercifully with me, for thy name's sake: for thy mercy is kind (chrēstos). |
| 112 (111): 5 | The kind (chrēstos) man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment. |
| 119 (118): 39 | Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are kind (chrēstos). |
| 119 (118): 68 | Kind (chrēstos) art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances. |
| 136 (135): 1 | Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord: for he is kind (chrēstos): for his mercy endures for ever. |
| 145 (144): 9 | The Lord is kind (chrēstos) to those that wait on him; and his compassions are over all his works. |
Ezra (LXX: Esdras A)
| 8: 56 | And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and sixty talents of silver, and silver vessels of an hundred talents, and an hundred talents of gold, and twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of pleasant (chrēstos) brass, glittering like gold. |
Wisdom (LXX)
| 15: 1 | But thou, our God, art kind (chrēstos) and true, longsuffering, and in mercy ordering all things. |
1 Maccabees (LXX)
| 6: 11 | And I thought with myself, Into what tribulation am I come, and how great a flood of misery is it wherein now I am! for I was kind (chrēstos) and beloved in my power. |
2 Maccabees (LXX)
| 1: 24 | And the prayer was after this manner: O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art fearful and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and the only and kind (chrēstos) King, |
| 9: 19 | Antiochus, king and governor, to the kind (chrēstos) Jews his citizens wisheth much joy, health, and prosperity: |
Psalms of Solomon (LXX)
| 2: 36 | For the Lord is kind (chrēstos) to them that call upon Him in patience, Doing according to His mercy to His pious ones, Establishing (them) at all times before Him in strength. |
| 5: 2 | For Thou art kind (chrēstos) and merciful, the refuge of the poor; |
| 5: 12 | And Thou wilt hearken -for who is kind (chrēstos) and gentle but Thou - Making glad the soul of the humble by opening Thine hand in mercy. |
| 8: 32 | And we will not depart from Thee, For kind (chrēstos) are Thy judgments upon us. |
| 10: 2 | He that maketh ready his back for strokes shall be cleansed, For the Lord is kind (chrēstos) to them that endure chastening. |
| 10: 7 | For kind (chrēstos) and merciful is God for ever, And the assemblies of Israel shall glorify the name of the Lord. |
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