LOVINGKINDNESS
God's lovingkindness (Heb. chesed) combines His goodness, mercy, and loyalty with an "unchanging love" (Micah 7:18, 20) particularly expressed in His covenant faithfulness (e.g., Genesis 32:10; Psalms 89:28). The occurrences of "lovingkindness" are found exclusively in the OT, and the majority of these appear in the Psalms.
divine:
♦ shown to people:
• Genesis 19:19; 24:12; Exodus 15:13; 20:6; 2 Samuel 2:6; 7:15; 1 Kings 3:6; 8:23; 2 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:28; Job 10:12; Psalms 17:7; Proverbs 16:6; Jeremiah 9:24; 31:3; 32:18; Hosea 2:19
♦ abundant and great:
• Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:18, 19; 1 Kings 3:6; 2 Chronicles 1:8; Nehemiah 9:17; 13:22; Psalms 5:7; 33:5; 86:5, 13; 119:64; 136; Lamentations 3:32; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2
♦ related to His covenant:
♦ everlasting:
• 1 Chronicles 16:34, 41; 2 Chronicles 5:13; Ezra 3:11; Psalms 100:5; 118:1-4; Isaiah 54:8, 10; Jeremiah 33:11; Lamentations 3:22
♦ trust in:
• Psalms 13:5; 52:8
♦ rejoicing in:
♦ value of:
♦ thanks for:
♦ proclaimed:
♦ human
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.