122 Bible Verses about Love

and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God of good odor.

and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God of good odor.

By this we have known love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

I give you a new commandment to love another, as I have loved you that you also should love one another.

and the hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given us.

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up, does not behave unbecomingly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, devises not evil, rejoices not in wickedness, but rejoices in the truth; read more.
bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are prophecies, they shall pass away; if tongues, they shall cease; if knowledge, it shall pass away.

And we have known and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he that continues in love continues in God and God in him.

He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind.

so being greatly desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you were dear to us.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently, from the heart,

So, my beloved and much desired brothers, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints,

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. The world therefore knows us not, because it knew him not.

but God who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,??5 even when we were dead in sins he made us alive with Christ,??y grace are you saved,

but God commends his love to us, that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us;

And [consider] this, He that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he that sows liberally shall reap also liberally. Let each one contribute as he chooses in his heart, not with regret or from necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. Judas said to him, not the Iscariot, Lord, and how is it that you are about to manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? 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 mansion with him.

And we have this commandment from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not love, I am a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.

For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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

And we have this commandment from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not love, I am a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.

For you are called to liberty, brothers, only make not your liberty an occasion for the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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

AND behold, a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he said to him, What is written in the law? how do you read? And he answered and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. read more.
And he said to him, You have answered well; do this, and you shall live.

For God is my witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

grieving most of all for the word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the nations;

And I most gladly will spend and will be spent for your souls, even if the more abundantly I love you the less I am loved.

For God is my witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

grieving most of all for the word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the nations;

And I most gladly will spend and will be spent for your souls, even if the more abundantly I love you the less I am loved.

For God is my witness, how much I desire you all with the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

grieving most of all for the word which he said, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

who exposed their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the nations;

And I most gladly will spend and will be spent for your souls, even if the more abundantly I love you the less I am loved.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil.

See that no one renders evil for evil, but always pursue the good both one to another and to all.

If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

Judas said to him, not the Iscariot, Lord, and how is it that you are about to manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? 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 mansion with him.

If you love me, keep my commandments; and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you forever,

for the Father himself is a friend to you, because you have been friends to me, and believed that I came forth from God.

The grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with constancy.

Retain the form of sound words which you heard from me in faith and the love in Christ Jesus.

For God is not unjust, to forget your work, and the love which you showed for his name, having served the saints and [still] serving them.

We love, because he first loved us.

If therefore your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for doing this you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you;

And Jesus answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Teacher, say it. A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred denarii [$70], and the other fifty [$7]. And having nothing to pay, he gave [the debt] to both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most? read more.
Simon answered and said, I suppose the one to whom he gave most. And he said to him, You have judged rightly. And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I came into your house; you gave me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hairs. You gave me no kiss; but she, from the time that I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. You anointed not my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she has loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven, loves little. And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven.

Jesus knew that they wished to ask him, and said to them, Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this that I said, A little while and you shall not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me? I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy. For when a woman is in labor she has pain, because her time has come; but when she has borne the child she no longer remembers the distress, because of joy that a man is born into the world. read more.
And you therefore now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy no one shall take from you. And in that day you shall ask me nothing; I tell you most truly, whatever you shall ask the Father, he will give you in my name. Till now you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be complete. These things have I spoken to you in parables. The time is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father. In that day you shall ask in my name, and I tell you not that I will ask the Father for you; for the Father himself is a friend to you, because you have been friends to me, and believed that I came forth from God.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous;

and the hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given us.

and to know the love of Christ which exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, shall be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And there were many women there, beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, to wait upon him; among whom were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

and certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went out seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property.

But Mary stood at the tomb outside, weeping. Then as she wept she stooped down to the tomb, and saw two angels in white sitting one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they said to her, Woman, why do you weep? She said to them, Because they have taken my Lord and I know not where they have laid him. read more.
Having said these words she turned around and beheld Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, Woman, why do you weep? whom do you seek? She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have borne him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him. Jesus said to her, Mary. She, turning around, said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni, which is interpreted, Teacher. Jesus said to her, Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. Mary the Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he said these things to her.

And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women; and they bewailed and lamented him.

and Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite to the tomb.

and because wickedness shall abound the love of the many shall become cold:

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

being condemned because they have rejected the first faith;

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.

If you keep indeed the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well;

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.

He that loves his brother continues in the light, and there is no offense in him;

Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.

The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

JESUS spoke these words and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee, as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that as to all that thou hast given him he should give them eternal life. And this is the eternal life; that they shall know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. read more.
I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gayest me to do. And now glorify thou me, Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gayest me out of the world; they were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me are of thee, because the words which thou hast given me I have given them; and they have received and known truly that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine, and all mine are thine, and thine mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep in thy name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we also are. When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name which thou gayest me, and preserved [them], and no one of them has been lost, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled; but now I come to thee, and I say these things in the world that they may have my joy made complete in them. I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. I ask not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them from evil. They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world: and I sanctify myself for them, that they also may be sanctified by truth. And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word, that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we are one, I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; and, righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou didst send me. And I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, as I also am in them.

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 mansion with him. He that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's that sent me. I have said these things to you while yet continuing with you, read more.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard that I said to you, I will go away and come to you. If you loved me you would rejoice because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it occurs, that when it occurs you may believe. I will not speak with you much more; for the ruler of this world comes and has nothing in me; but [I have said this] that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as the Father has commanded me, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things which he does; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may wonder.

Then said Jesus to them again, I tell you most truly, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. I am the door; by me if any one enters in he shall be saved, and go in and out, and find pasturage. read more.
The thief comes not, except to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them; for he is a hired servant and cares not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; and them I must lead, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you; that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and rains on the just and unjust. read more.
For if you love those that love you, what reward have you? Do not the publicans the same? And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than [others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same? Be therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

But I tell you that hear, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you; bless those that curse you; pray for those that injure you; to him that strikes you on the cheek, present also the other; and forbid not him who takes away your cloak to take your coat also. read more.
Give to every one that asks; and from him who takes that which is yours, ask it not back. And as you wish men to do to you, do you also in like manner to them. And if you love those that love you, what thanks have you? for sinners also love those that love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks have you? for sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you? sinners also lend to sinners, to receive back as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Most High; for he is good to the unthankful and evil.

who wishes all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth.

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him.

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; and them I must lead, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life.

and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If you keep indeed the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well;

and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If you keep indeed the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well;

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you please, we will make here three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord. Then Simon Peter, hearing that it was the Lord, girded on his coat, for he was naked, and cast himself into the lake.

Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear; and the name of the servant was Malchus.

Peter said to him, Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.

Then went Peter and the other disciple, and came to the tomb. And the two ran together; and the other disciple outran Peter and came first to the tomb, and stooping down saw the bandages lying, but he went not in. read more.
Then Simon Peter came following him, and went into the tomb, and beheld the bandages lying,

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write, These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. Because therefore you are warm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth. read more.
For you say, I am rich and have become rich and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I advise you to buy of me gold purified in the fire that you may be rich, and white robes that you may put on, and the shame of your nakedness not appear, and an eye-salve to anoint your eyes that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore and change your minds.

And having said this he showed them both his hands and his side; then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

She went and told those who had been with him, who were weeping and lamenting;

And he said to them, What reports are these which you relate one to the other as you walk and are sad? And one of them answered, whose name was Cleopas, and said to him, Do you live alone at Jerusalem and not know the things which have occurred in it in these days? And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things relating to Jesus the Nazoraean, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people; read more.
and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to the sentence of death, and crucified him, But we hoped that he was the one who was to redeem Israel. But indeed, also, in addition to all these things, today is the third day since these things occurred; but some of our women also astonished us, who being early at the tomb and not finding his body, came, saying that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. And some of those with us went to the tomb, and found even as the women had said; and him they saw not. And he said to them, O foolish men, and of a mind slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Ought not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? And from Moses, and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. And they approached the village to which they were going; and he pretended to be going farther. And they urged him, saying, Remain with us, for it is near evening, and the day is already past. And he went in to remain with them; and when he reclined with them, taking bread, he blessed, and breaking, gave them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished from their sight. And they said one to the other, Did not our hearts burn within us when he spoke to us on the way? when he opened to us the Scriptures? And rising up the same hour they returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven, and those with them, assembled together, saying, The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon. And they related the things on the way, and how he was known to them by the breaking of bread. And as they were saying these things he stood in the midst of them; and they being terrified and afraid, thought they saw a spirit. And he said to them, Why are you troubled? and why do doubts arise in your minds? See my hands and my feet, that I am he; feel of me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see me have. (Added verse not retained in Sawyer) And while they yet disbelieved from joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you any food here?

And she had a sister called Mary, and she sat at the feet of the Lord and heard his word.

And Jesus being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him having a vase of very costly ointment, and poured it on his head, as he reclined. And his disciples seeing it were displeased, and said, Why is this waste? read more.
This could have been sold for much and given to the poor. But Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? for she has done a good work for me; for the poor you always have with you, but me you have not always. For in putting this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. I tell you truly, that wherever this good news is preached in all the word, what this woman has done shall be told for a memorial of her.

Then Mary taking a pound of genuine nard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hairs. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. But the Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was about to betray him, said, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii [$42], and given to the poor? read more.
But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the treasure-chest, and carried off the things put in it. Then Jesus said, Let her alone, that she may keep this for the day of preparation for my burial; the poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.

And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this he fell asleep.

and labor, working with our hands; being reviled we bless, being persecuted we endure,

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and still more his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

and whoever denies me before men, him will I also deny before my Father in heaven. Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword. I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law; read more.
and a man's enemies shall be those of his own house. 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;

Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law. For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended in this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no evil to a neighbor; love therefore is the sum of the law.

Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, shall be with you in truth and love. I rejoiced exceedingly that I found your children walking in the truth as we received commandment from the Father. And now I beseech you, Curia, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but [one] which we had from the beginning, that we should love one another. read more.
And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

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

Jesus said to them, If God was your father you would have loved me; for I came forth and come from God; for I came not of myself, but he sent me.

Jesus said to him, Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you, Show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words which I speak to you I speak not of myself, but the Father continuing in me, he does the works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; but if not, believe on account of the works themselves. read more.
I tell you most truly, he that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go to the Father; and whatever you ask in my name I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. If you love me, keep my commandments;

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently, from the heart,

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good,

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended in this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Having purified your souls by obeying the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently, from the heart,

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loves has been born of God and knows God.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good,

For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not desire inordinately, and if there is any other commandment, it is summarily comprehended in this word; You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not his brother.

He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil, adhere to that which is good,

My little children, let us not love in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And distributing his garments they cast lots [for them].

But Jesus answered and said, Suffer even this; and touching his ear he healed him.

And the father of the little child immediately crying out, said, I believe; help my unbelief.

and besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death; come and lay hands on her, that she may be restored, and she shall live.

And the father of the little child immediately crying out, said, I believe; help my unbelief.