Bible Verses About Love

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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Romans 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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1 John 4:8

"He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love."

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1 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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Matthew 22:39

"A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’"

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John 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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1 Corinthians 13:13

"But now faith, hope, and love remain — these three. The greatest of these is love."

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Romans 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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Ephesians 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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Deuteronomy 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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Ruth 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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Matthew 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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Matthew 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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Matthew 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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Mark 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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John 13:35

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”"

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John 15:13

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

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1 Corinthians 13:7

"bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

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1 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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Leviticus 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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Song 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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Mark 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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Luke 6:27

"“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,"

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Luke 6:31

"“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them."

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Luke 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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1 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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1 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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1 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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1 John 4:19

"We love him, because he first loved us."

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Proverbs 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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Song of Solomon 2:16

"My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies."

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Romans 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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1 Corinthians 13:6

"doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;"

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1 Corinthians 16:14

"Let all that you do be done in love."

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Galatians 6:2

"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."

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Ephesians 5:25

"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;"

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Colossians 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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Colossians 3:14

"Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection."

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1 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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Song of Solomon 4:7

"You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you."

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Galatians 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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Ephesians 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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1 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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2 John 1:6

"This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it."

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Jude 1:22

"On some have compassion, making a distinction,"

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