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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. Luke 7:47

    “Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.””

  2. Luke 9:35

    “A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!””

  3. Luke 11:42

    “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.”

  4. Luke 11:43

    “Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.”

  5. Luke 16:13

    “No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.””

  6. Luke 16:14

    “The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.”

  7. Luke 20:13

    “The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’”

  8. Luke 20:46

    ““Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;”

  9. John 3:19

    “This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.”

  10. John 3:35

    “The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.”

  11. John 5:20

    “For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.”

  12. John 5:42

    “But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.”

  13. John 8:42

    “Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.”

  14. John 10:17

    “Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.”

  15. John 11:3

    “The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.””

  16. John 11:5

    “Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.”

  17. John 11:36

    “The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!””

  18. John 12:25

    “He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.”

  19. John 12:43

    “for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.”

  20. John 13:1

    “Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”

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.