59 Bible verses about Love

Matthew 22:37-40

37 And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the great and first commandment.

39 And a second like `unto it' is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

1 Corinthians 13:13

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

Isaiah 49:15-17

15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

17 Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

John 14:15

15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Romans 12:9

9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Romans 12:9-11

9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

11 in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

John 15:13

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Matthew 25:40

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, `even' these least, ye did it unto me.

Luke 6:35

35 But love your enemies, and do `them' good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Romans 13:8

8 Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Mark 12:30-32

30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

31 The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:

Psalms 136:1

1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness `endureth' for ever.

1 Corinthians 13:2

2 And if I have `the gift of' prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Matthew 22:37-41

37 And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the great and first commandment.

39 And a second like `unto it' is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

1 John 4:7-9

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

1 Corinthians 13:4-6

4 Love suffereth long, `and' is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

1 John 3:16-19

16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

17 But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

18 `My' Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

1 John 4:7

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

1 John 4:19

19 We love, because he first loved us.

John 15:9-11

9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and `that' your joy may be made full.

Psalms 31:23

23 Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.

Matthew 5:44

44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

Colossians 3:14

14 and above all these things `put on' love, which is the bond of perfectness.

John 15:12

12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

Romans 8:38-40

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proverbs 10:12

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Psalms 143:8

8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

1 Corinthians 16:14

14 Let all that ye do be done in love.

Romans 12:10

10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Colossians 3:13-15

13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

14 and above all these things `put on' love, which is the bond of perfectness.

15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

1 Corinthians 2:9

9 but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And `which' entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

Proverbs 3:3-5

3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

1 John 3:14

14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

1 John 4:16-19

16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 We love, because he first loved us.

1 John 3:11

11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

1 John 4:8

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

1 Peter 4:8

8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Galatians 5:14

14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, `even' in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Ephesians 3:16-18

16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

1 John 4:11

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Philippians 1:9-12

9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

10 so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

12 Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things `which happened' unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

Isaiah 43:4

4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, `and' honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

Ephesians 4:2

2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

John 3:16

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 14:21-25

21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

25 These things have I spoken unto you, while `yet' abiding with you.

Matthew 7:12

12 All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

1 John 4:12

12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

1 John 4:21

21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

1 John 4:16

16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

Ephesians 5:25-27

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious `church', not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

1 John 4:19-21

19 We love, because he first loved us.

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

21 And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

4 Love suffereth long, `and' is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Love never faileth: but whether `there be' prophecies, they shall be done away; whether `there be' tongues, they shall cease; whether `there be' knowledge, it shall be done away.

1 John 3:1

1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and `such' we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

John 13:34-36

34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

36 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thou canst not follow now; but thou shalt follow afterwards.

Romans 5:8

8 But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:9-11

9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son `to be' the propitiation for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:20

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

1 John 5:3

3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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