'Love' in the Bible

You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)

The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.

For the music director; by the Lord's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: "I love you, Lord, my source of strength!

O Lord, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.

Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright!

I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.

O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the Lord be praised!"

By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!

For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say, "I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe."

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

We reflect on your loyal love, O God, within your temple.

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long!

You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah)

You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.

But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love.

May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.

Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!

O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!

Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!"

Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?

O Lord, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance!

Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.

For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."

Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.

He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, and by my name he will win victories.

I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure.

But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!

It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night,

If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.

who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love!

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

O sovereign Lord, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

I love the Lord because he heard my plea for mercy,

For his loyal love towers over us, and the Lord's faithfulness endures. Praise the Lord!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures!

Let Israel say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

Let the family of Aaron say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

Let the loyal followers of the Lord say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!"

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures!

(Vav) May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised.

I will find delight in your commands, which I love.

I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes!

May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant.

Revive me with your loyal love, that I might keep the rules you have revealed.

(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.

(Samek) I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.

You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules.

Show your servant your loyal love! Teach me your statutes!

For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.

Listen to me because of your loyal love! O Lord, revive me, as you typically do!

See how I love your precepts! O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!

I hate and despise deceit; I love your law.

Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble.

I keep your rules; I love them greatly.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

O Israel, hope in the Lord, for the Lord exhibits loyal love, and is more than willing to deliver.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loyal love endures.

Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures,

to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself, for his loyal love endures,

to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures,

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,