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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
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
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In chapterRomans 8:28
"We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose."
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In chapter1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
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In chapterMatthew 22:39
"A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’"
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In chapterJohn 13:34
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another."
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In chapter1 Corinthians 13:13
"But now faith, hope, and love remain — these three. The greatest of these is love."
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In chapterRomans 5:8
"But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
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In chapterEphesians 4:32
"And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you."
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In chapterDeuteronomy 6:5
"You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might."
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In chapterRuth 1:16
"Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God."
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In chapterMatthew 5:44
"But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,"
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In chapterMatthew 7:12
"Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets."
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In chapterMatthew 22:37
"Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’"
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In chapterMark 12:31
"The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”"
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In chapterJohn 13:35
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”"
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In chapterJohn 15:13
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."
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In chapter1 Corinthians 13:7
"bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
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In chapter1 Peter 4:8
"And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins."
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In chapterLeviticus 19:18
"“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh."
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In chapterSong of Solomon 8:6
"Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh."
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In chapterMark 12:30
"you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment."
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In chapterLuke 6:27
"“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,"
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In chapterLuke 6:31
"“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them."
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In chapterLuke 10:27
"He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”"
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In chapter1 Corinthians 13:5
"doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;"
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In chapter1 John 4:7
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God."
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In chapter1 John 4:18
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love."
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In chapterProverbs 3:3
"Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart."
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In chapterSong of Solomon 2:16
"My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies."
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In chapterRomans 5:5
"and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
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In chapter1 Corinthians 13:6
"doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;"
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In chapterGalatians 6:2
"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
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In chapterEphesians 5:25
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;"
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In chapterColossians 3:12
"Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;"
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In chapterColossians 3:14
"Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection."
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In chapter1 John 3:18
"My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth."
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In chapterSong of Solomon 4:7
"You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you."
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In chapterGalatians 5:13
"For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another."
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In chapterEphesians 3:17
"that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,"
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In chapter1 John 3:16
"By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers."
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In chapterFrom 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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John 21:16
“He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.””
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John 21:17
“He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.”
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John 21:20
“Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray You?””
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Acts 2:3
“Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.”
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Acts 15:25
“it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,”
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Romans 1:7
“to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
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Romans 8:35
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
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Romans 8:37
“No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
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Romans 8:39
“nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
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Romans 9:13
“Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.””
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Romans 9:25
“As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.””
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Romans 11:28
“Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.”
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Romans 12:9
“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.”
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Romans 12:10
“In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;”
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Romans 12:19
“Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.””
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Romans 13:8
“Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.”
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Romans 13:9
“For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.””
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Romans 13:10
“Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.”
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Romans 14:15
“Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.”
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Romans 15:30
“Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,”
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