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Bible Verses About Love

God's love, our love for Him, and love for one another.

45 verses · curated by hand

From the wider Bible

More verses about love in Scripture

562 passages mentioning “love” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.

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  1. Song of Solomon 1:14

    “My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.”

  2. Song of Solomon 1:15

    “Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves.”

  3. Song of Solomon 1:16

    “Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.”

  4. Song of Solomon 2:2

    “As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.”

  5. Song of Solomon 2:3

    “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.”

  6. Song of Solomon 2:4

    “He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.”

  7. Song of Solomon 2:5

    “Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.”

  8. Song of Solomon 2:7

    “I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.”

  9. Song of Solomon 2:8

    “The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.”

  10. Song of Solomon 2:9

    “My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.”

  11. Song of Solomon 2:10

    “My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”

  12. Song of Solomon 2:13

    “The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.””

  13. Song of Solomon 2:14

    “My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.”

  14. Song of Solomon 2:17

    “Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.”

  15. Song of Solomon 3:1

    “By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.”

  16. Song of Solomon 3:2

    “I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.”

  17. Song of Solomon 3:3

    “The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?””

  18. Song of Solomon 3:4

    “I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.”

  19. Song of Solomon 3:5

    “I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.”

  20. Song of Solomon 3:10

    “He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.”

Frequently asked

Questions about love in the Bible

What does the Bible say about love?
The Bible defines love (Greek: agape) as a sustained way of acting toward others — patient, kind, not envious or proud (1 Corinthians 13:4). Its source is God himself: "God is love" (1 John 4:8). Believers are called to love because they were first loved (1 John 4:19).
What is the most famous Bible verse about love?
John 3:16 — "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son…" — is the most widely quoted Bible verse on love, summarising the whole arc of the gospel in a single sentence.
Where in the Bible does it describe true love?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is the New Testament's clearest description of love's working parts: patient, kind, not envious, not proud, not easily angered, keeping no record of wrongs.