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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. Proverbs 20:6

    “Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?”

  2. Proverbs 20:13

    “Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.”

  3. Proverbs 20:28

    “Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.”

  4. Proverbs 21:17

    “He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.”

  5. Proverbs 22:11

    “He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.”

  6. Proverbs 27:5

    “Better is open rebuke than hidden love.”

  7. Proverbs 29:3

    “Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.”

  8. Proverbs 30:23

    “for an unloved woman when she is married; and a servant who is heir to her mistress.”

  9. Ecclesiastes 3:8

    “a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”

  10. Ecclesiastes 5:10

    “He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.”

  11. Ecclesiastes 9:1

    “For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.”

  12. Ecclesiastes 9:6

    “Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.”

  13. Ecclesiastes 9:9

    “Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.”

  14. Song of Solomon 1:2

    “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.”

  15. Song of Solomon 1:3

    “Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.”

  16. Song of Solomon 1:4

    “Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.”

  17. Song of Solomon 1:5

    “I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.”

  18. Song of Solomon 1:7

    “Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?”

  19. Song of Solomon 1:9

    “I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.”

  20. Song of Solomon 1:13

    “My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.”

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.