18 Bible Verses about God, Love Of
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He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.
And we have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
but God commends his love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.
Father, as to those whom thou hast given me, I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
And straightway going up from the water, he saw the heavens parting asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descending upon him. And there came a voice out of the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.
For the Father loves the Son and shews him all things which he himself does; and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may wonder.
On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him.
But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: Give thanks unto the God of gods, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; Give thanks unto the Lord of lords, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.read more.
To him who alone doeth great wonders, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, And brought out Israel from among them, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, With a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; To him that divided the Red sea into parts, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, And slew famous kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, And Og king of Bashan, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, An inheritance unto Israel his servant, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; And hath delivered us from our oppressors, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. Give ye thanks unto the God of the heavens; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee. Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
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God, Love Of » Manifested towards » His saints
for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God.
But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope by grace,
I in them and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and that thou hast loved them as thou hast loved me.
And we have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
God, Love Of » Described as » Sovereign
but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day.
God, Love Of » Is a part of his character
For the rest, brethren, rejoice; be perfected; be encouraged; be of one mind; be at peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
God, Love Of » Irrespective of merit
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Redemption
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.
For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Christ's dying for us while sinners
but God commends his love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
God, Love Of » Christ, the especial object of
And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them.
God, Love Of » Manifested towards » Perishing sinners
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
God, Love Of » To be sought in prayer
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
God, Love Of » Manifested towards » The cheerful giver
each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
God, Love Of » Manifested towards » The destitute
who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Defeating evil counsels
But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Temporal blessings
and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee, and will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn and thy new wine, and thine oil, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep, in the land which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Quickening souls
but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us, (we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,)
God, Love Of » Described as » Unfailing
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee. Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
God, Love Of » Described as » Abiding
Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing.
God, Love Of » Described as » Everlasting
Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Election
I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
God, Love Of » Described as » Great
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Forgiving sin
Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Chastisements
God, Love Of » Perfected in saints » By brotherly love
No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Freeness of salvation
But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared, not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; read more.
that, having been justified by his grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
God, Love Of » Described as » Unalienable
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God, Love Of » The source of our love to him
God, Love Of » Saints know and believe
And we have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
God, Love Of » Perfected in saints » By obedience
but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » The sending of Christ
Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Drawing us to himself
I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.
God, Love Of » Described as » Constraining
I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Adoption
See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
God, Love Of » Shed abroad in the heart by the holy ghost
and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us:
God, Love Of » Christ abides in
If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » The giving of Christ
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
God, Love Of » Saints should abide in
keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.