53 Bible Verses about Love For God

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Matthew 25:34-40

Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in; was naked, and ye clothed me: was sick, and ye visited me: was in prison, and ye came unto me.read more.
Then the righteous will respond to Him, saying; Lord, when saw we thee then hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? And when saw we thee then a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? But when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King responding will say unto them, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did these things to one of the least of these my brethren, you did them unto me.

Matthew 27:55-61

And many women were there looking on from a distance, who followed Jesus from Galilee to minister unto Him, among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. And it being evening, a rich man came from Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who himself also was a disciple to Jesus.read more.
He having come to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be given: and Joseph having received the body, wrapped it in clean linen, and placed it in a new sepulcher, which he hewed in the rock: and having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, departed. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting in front of the tomb.

Mark 12:29-30

And Jesus responded to him, The first commandment of all; Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.

Mark 12:32-33

And the scribes said to Him, Truly, Teacher; thou hast spoken in truth that He is One; and there is no other besides Him. And love Him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to love thy neighbor as thyself is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Luke 2:29

Now, O Lord, thou art letting thy servant depart, in peace according to thy word;

Luke 7:47

Therefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth little.

John 8:42

Jesus said to them; If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out from God, and I return; for I have not spoken from myself, but He sent me.

John 17:26

I made known thy name to them, and will make it known; in order that the love with which thou didst love me may be in them, and I in them.

John 21:17

He says to him a third time; Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me as a friend? Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time, Do you love me as a friend? And he says to Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and thou dost understand that I love thee as a friend. He says to Him, Feed my sheeplings.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead; and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen.

Philippians 3:7-8

Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ. Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ,

Philemon 1:5

hearing about your divine love, and the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and all the saints;

1 Peter 1:8

whom you not seeing, love with divine love; on whom, not looking, but believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

1 Peter 2:7

Therefore to you who believe he is precious: but to the unbelievers, the stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner, and the stone of stumbling, and the rock of offence,

1 John 3:17-18

Whosoever may have the sustenance of the world, and see his brother having need, and shut up his sympathies from him, how dwells the divine love of God in him? Little children, let us love with divine love not in word, nor in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

1 John 4:16-21

And we have known and we have believed the divine love which God has in us. God is divine love; and the one abiding in divine love abides in God, and God abides in him. In this the divine love has been made perfect in us, that we may have boldness in the day of the judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in divine love; but perfect divine love casts out the fear: because the fear has torment; and the one fearing has not been made perfect in the divine love.read more.
Let us love with divine love, because he himself first loved us with divine love. If any one may say, I love God with divine love, and may hate his brother, he is a liar: for the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, with divine love, is not able to love God, whom he has not seen, with divine love. And we have this precept from him, that the one loving God with divine love also loves his brother with divine love.

1 John 5:1-3

Every one believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving with divine love him who begat, also loves him who has been begotten of him, with divine love. In this we know that we love the children of God with divine love, when we love God with divine love and keep his commandments. For this is the divine love of God, that we may keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy:

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