18 Bible Verses about God, Love Of
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He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: And there came a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures forever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endures forever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures forever.read more.
To him who alone does great wonders: for his mercy endures forever. To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures forever. To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures forever. To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever: The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever. To him that struck Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures forever: And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endures forever: With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm: for his mercy endures forever. To him who divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endures forever: And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endures forever: But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endures forever. To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures forever. To him who struck great kings: for his mercy endures forever: And slew famous kings: for his mercy endures forever: Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures forever: And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endures forever: And gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endures forever: Even a heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endures forever. Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures forever: And has redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endures forever. Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures forever. O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endures forever.
Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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God, Love Of » Manifested towards » His saints
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace,
I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
God, Love Of » Described as » Sovereign
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, has the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
God, Love Of » Is a part of his character
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be restored, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
God, Love Of » Irrespective of merit
What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart upon him?
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:
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 the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Christ's dying for us while sinners
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
God, Love Of » Christ, the especial object of
And I have declared unto them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God, Love Of » To be sought in prayer
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
God, Love Of » Manifested towards » The cheerful giver
Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
God, Love Of » Manifested towards » The destitute
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and clothing.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Defeating evil counsels
Nevertheless the LORD your God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing unto you, because the LORD your God loved you.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Temporal blessings
And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore unto your fathers to give you.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Quickening souls
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
God, Love Of » Described as » Unfailing
Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
God, Love Of » Described as » Abiding
The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
God, Love Of » Described as » Everlasting
The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Election
I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the jackals of the wilderness.
God, Love Of » Described as » Great
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Forgiving sin
Behold, for my peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Chastisements
God, Love Of » Perfected in saints » By brotherly love
No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Freeness of salvation
But after the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit; Whom he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; read more.
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
God, Love Of » Described as » Unalienable
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, 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 believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
God, Love Of » Perfected in saints » By obedience
But whoever keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » The sending of Christ
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because God 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 cords of compassion, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke from their jaws, and I laid food before them.
God, Love Of » Described as » Constraining
I drew them with cords of compassion, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke from their jaws, and I laid food before them.
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Adoption
Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
God, Love Of » Shed abroad in the heart by the holy ghost
And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
God, Love Of » Christ abides in
If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God, Love Of » Saints should abide in
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.