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Bible Verses About God's Love

Verses on God's love for us — unconditional, eternal, costly love.

28 verses · curated by hand

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  1. Leviticus 19:34

    “The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.”

  2. Deuteronomy 4:37

    “Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;”

  3. Deuteronomy 5:10

    “and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.”

  4. Deuteronomy 6:5

    “You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.”

  5. Deuteronomy 7:7

    “Yahweh didn’t set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:”

  6. Deuteronomy 7:8

    “but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”

  7. Deuteronomy 7:13

    “He will love you, bless you, multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.”

  8. Deuteronomy 10:12

    “Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,”

  9. Deuteronomy 10:15

    “Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.”

  10. Deuteronomy 10:18

    “He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.”

  11. Deuteronomy 10:19

    “Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.”

  12. Deuteronomy 11:1

    “Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always.”

  13. Deuteronomy 11:13

    “It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,”

  14. Deuteronomy 11:22

    “For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him;”

  15. Deuteronomy 13:3

    “you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

  16. Deuteronomy 14:6

    “Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.”

  17. Deuteronomy 14:7

    “Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.”

  18. Deuteronomy 15:16

    “It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;”

  19. Deuteronomy 19:9

    “if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, besides these three.”

  20. Deuteronomy 21:15

    “If a man has two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated;”

Frequently asked

Questions about god's love in the Bible

How does God show his love?
Romans 5:8 — "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 1 John 4:9-10 names the cross as the central proof of God's love.
Is God's love unconditional?
Yes — Romans 5:8 explicitly says God loves while we are still sinners, before any change in us. The conditional language in Scripture is about experiencing fellowship, not about the love itself being earned.
Which Bible verse best shows God's love?
John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:8, and 1 John 4:19 are the four most-cited verses on God's love. All four are curated on this page with original commentary.