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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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1 Peter 1:8
“whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory —”
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1 Peter 1:22
“Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:”
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1 Peter 2:11
“Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
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1 Peter 2:17
“Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”
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1 Peter 3:8
“Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,”
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1 Peter 3:10
“For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.”
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1 Peter 4:12
“Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.”
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1 Peter 5:14
“Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.”
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2 Peter 1:7
“and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.”
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2 Peter 1:17
“For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.””
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2 Peter 2:15
“forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;”
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2 Peter 3:1
“This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;”
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2 Peter 3:8
“But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
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2 Peter 3:14
“Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.”
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2 Peter 3:15
“Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;”
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2 Peter 3:17
“You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.”
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1 John 2:5
“But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:”
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1 John 2:10
“He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.”
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1 John 2:15
“Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.”
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1 John 3:1
“See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.”
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