54 Bible Verses about Love For God

"He that loves father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me; and he that loves son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me.

"Then will the King say to those on His right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of My Father! inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world: for I hungered, and ye gave Me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me in; naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye looked after Me; I was in prison, and ye came to Me.'read more.
"Then will the righteous answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see Thee hungering, and fed Thee? or thirsting, and gave Thee drink? And when did we see Thee a stranger, and took Thee in; or naked, and clothed Thee? And, when did we see Thee sick, or in prison, and came to Thee?' "And, answering, the King will say to them, 'Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of My brethren, even the least, ye did it to Me.'

And many women were there, beholding from afar, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him; among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. And, evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, whose name was Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.read more.
This man, going to Pilate, asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given up. And, taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he hewed out in the rock; and, having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

For whosoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is One; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

The scribe said to Him, "Well, Teacher, Thou didst say truly that He is One, and there is not another beside Him; and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is much more than all the whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; because she loved much; but he, to whom little is forgiven, loves little."

"But woe to you Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb; but ye pass by judgment and the love of God. Now these things it was needful to do, and not to leave those undone.

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, ye would love Me; for I came forth, and have come from, God; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

"If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments;

He who has My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me; and he that loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him."

Jesus answered, and said to him, "If any one loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.

Ye heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If ye loved Me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; because the Father is greater than I.

Even as the Father loved Me, I also loved you; abide in My love.

for the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

and I made known to them Thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which Thou lovedst Me may be in them, and I in them."

He saith to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you fondly love Me?" Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time "Do you fondly love Me?" and he said to Him, "Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that I do fondly love Thee." Jesus saith to him, "Feed My sheep.

Then Paul answered, "What are ye doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."

and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the holy Spirit, Who was given to us.

And we know that all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose;

but, if anyone loves God, the same has been known by Him:

If anyone loves not the Lord, let him be accursed, when the Lord cometh!

we are of good courage, I say, and are well pleased to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

For the love of Christ is constraining us; having judged this, that One died for all; consequently, they all died: and He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to Him Who died for them, and rose again.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

But it could not be that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has become crucified to me, and I to the world.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that ye, having been rooted and grounded in love, may be strong to apprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth, and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, Who is the Head, Christ;

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptness.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all discernment;

but I am constrained by the two; having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better;

But what things were gain to me, these I accounted loss for Christ. Nay, more, I even account all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I suffered the loss of all things, and account them refuse, that I may gain Christ.

who also made known to us your love in the Spirit.

And the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and sobriety.

Hold the pattern of healthful words which you heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will recompense to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

hearing of your love and the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward His name, in having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him?

Whom, not having seen, ye love; on Whom, though now not seeing Him, yet believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and full of glory;

To you, therefore, who believe is the preciousness; but to those who disbelieve, a stone which the builders rejected, this was made into a head of a corner,"

but whosoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected: in this we know that we are in Him.

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

But whosoever possesses the goods of the world, and beholds his brother having need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.

No one has ever beheld God. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

And we have known and believed the love which God hath in us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abideth in him. In this has love been made perfect with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, even so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment; and he who fears is not made perfect in love.read more.
We love, because He first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God Whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that he who loves God loves his brother also.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten of God; and every one who loves Him Who begat loves him also that has been begotten of Him. In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome;

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandment. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

But I have it against you, that you left your first love.