59 Bible verses about Love

Matthew 22:37-40

37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

38 This is the first and greatest rule.

39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

1 Corinthians 13:13

13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Isaiah 49:15-17

15 Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.

16 See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.

17 Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.

John 14:15

15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

Romans 12:9

9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

Romans 12:9-11

9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

11 Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

John 15:13

13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

Matthew 25:40

40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Luke 6:35

35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

Romans 13:8

8 Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

Mark 12:30-32

30 And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

31 The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

Psalms 136:1

1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

1 Corinthians 13:2

2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

Matthew 22:37-41

37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

38 This is the first and greatest rule.

39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

1 John 4:7-9

7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

1 Corinthians 13:4-6

4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

1 John 3:16-19

16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

1 John 4:7

7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

5 And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

1 John 4:19

19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

John 15:9-11

9 Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

11 I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

Psalms 31:23

23 O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

Matthew 5:44

44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

Colossians 3:14

14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

John 15:12

12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

Romans 8:38-40

38 For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,

39 Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proverbs 10:12

12 Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

Psalms 143:8

8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

1 Corinthians 16:14

14 Let all you do be done in love.

Romans 12:10

10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

Colossians 3:13-15

13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

1 Corinthians 2:9

9 But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

Proverbs 3:3-5

3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

1 John 3:14

14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

1 John 4:16-19

16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

1 John 3:11

11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

1 John 4:8

8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

1 Peter 4:8

8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

Galatians 5:14

14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

Ephesians 3:16-18

16 That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;

17 So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

18 May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,

1 John 4:11

11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

Philippians 1:9-12

9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

12 Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

Isaiah 43:4

4 Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.

Ephesians 4:2

2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

John 3:16

16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

John 14:21-25

21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?

23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

Matthew 7:12

12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

1 John 4:12

12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

1 John 4:21

21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

1 John 4:16

16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

Ephesians 5:25-27

25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

1 John 4:19-21

19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

1 John 3:1

1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

John 13:34-36

34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

36 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.

Romans 5:8

8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

1 John 4:9-11

9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

1 John 4:20

20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

1 John 5:3

3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

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