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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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2 John 1:3
“Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”
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2 John 1:5
“Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.”
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3 John 1:1
“The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.”
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3 John 1:2
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.”
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3 John 1:5
“Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.”
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3 John 1:6
“They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,”
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3 John 1:9
“I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.”
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3 John 1:11
“Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.”
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Jude 1:2
“Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.”
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Jude 1:3
“Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.”
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Jude 1:12
“These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;”
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Jude 1:17
“But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
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Jude 1:20
“But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.”
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Jude 1:21
“Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.”
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Revelation 1:5
“and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;”
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Revelation 2:4
“But I have this against you, that you left your first love.”
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Revelation 2:19
““I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.”
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Revelation 3:9
“Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.”
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Revelation 3:19
“As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.”
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Revelation 12:11
“They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.”
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