What Does the Bible Say About Love?

“And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen , and pursued them unto Dan. armed: or, led forth trained: or, instructed”

“And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”

“And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.”

“Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.”

“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”

“But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.”

“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”

“And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.”

“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;”

“And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,”

“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

“Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.”

“And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,”

“For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;”

“Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

“And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”

“In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.”

“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

“But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

“Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. yourselves: Heb. your souls”

“I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.”

“And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful ; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. brought: Heb. nourished fair: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance”

“Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.”

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.”

“O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.”

“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”

“Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;”

“So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.”

“My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: marrow: Heb. fatness”

“When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.”

“For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.”

“The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.”

“Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.”

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. strength: Heb. rock”

“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering , and plenteous in mercy and truth.”

“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.”

“Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.”

“I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.”

“A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! together: Heb. even together”

“The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.”

“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.”

“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”

“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”

“He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. seeketh: or, procureth”

“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

“My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.”

“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:”

“Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. it displeaseth: Heb. it be evil in his eyes”

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

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

“Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;”

“Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.”

“Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. thee: or, for thy sake”

“Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.”

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. of: Heb. from afar with lovingkindness: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee”

“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. rest: Heb. be silent”

“And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.”

“Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.”

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.”

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;”

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”

“And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.”

“He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.”

“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”

“Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.”

“Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

“Master, which is the great commandment in the law?”

“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”

“This is the first and great commandment.”

“And the second is like unto it , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:”

“Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,”

“And many women were there beholding afar off , which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:”

“Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.”

“When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:”

“And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.”

“In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.”

“And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.”

“For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.”

“And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:”

“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”

“And the second is like, namely this , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”

“And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:”

“And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

“And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.”

“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:”

“For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,”

“But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,”

“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”

“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”

“And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.”

“Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.”

“And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,”

“And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.”

“And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”

“And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead .”