15 Bible Verses about Those Who Loved

because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us."

The elder, to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in [the] truth.

And he said, "Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where I will tell you."

And Isaac loved Esau because {he could eat of his game}, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he [was] a son of his old age. And he made a robe with long sleeves for him.

And we said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and a younger [brother], the child of his old age, and his brother died, and he alone remains from his mother, and his father loves him.'

So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us--now his life is bound up with his life--

He shall be for you a restorer of life and a sustainer in your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who [is] better for you than seven sons, has borne him."

So David came to Saul and {entered his service}. He loved him greatly and {he became Saul's armor bearer}.

However, all of Israel and Judah [were] loving David, for he was going forth and marching ahead of them.

Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David in secret, saying, 'Look, the king [is] pleased with you, and all his servants love you. So then, become a son-in-law of the king.'"

{When} he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became attached to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his [own] soul.

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his [own] soul.

And Jonathan again made David swear an oath, because he loved him; for with the love of his soul he loved him.

{I am distressed} over you, my brother Jonathan. you [were] very dear to me; your love [was] more wonderful to me than the love of women.