122 Bible Verses about Love

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant or rude, it does not seek its own, it is not provoked, it keeps no record of wrongs, it does not rejoice in evil, but rejoices with the truth. read more.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Having so fond an affection for you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have for all the saints,

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give just as he has purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and 'your neighbor as yourself.'" read more.
And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks;

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks;

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks;

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

No, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Follow the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

We love because he first loved us.

No, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

And Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he said, "Teacher, say it." "A certain creditor had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they had nothing with which to pay him back, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?" read more.
Simon answered, "I suppose the one to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly." Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss my feet from the time I came in. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little." And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you asking yourselves about what I meant when I said, 'A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me'? Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but as soon as she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child has been born into the world. read more.
So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. "I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in my name. And I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And many women were also there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him; among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their means.

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." read more.
Saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.

But Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

And because wickedness will increase, the love of most will grow cold.

But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

thus bringing condemnation, because they have set aside their first pledge.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you, as you have given him authority over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to all those you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. read more.
I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work which you have given me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made. "I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I have given them the words which you have given me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. And all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name the name you gave me that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name the name you gave me. I have guarded them, and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word; that they all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you; that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And the glory which you gave me I have given them, that they may be one just as we are one: I in them, and you in me; that they may become perfectly one, and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me may 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. O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; and these know that you sent me. I have made known to them your name, and will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. "These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you. read more.
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You have heard me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me. But I do as the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

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.

Then Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. read more.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep, and my sheep know me just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock and one shepherd. For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. read more.
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

"But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic. read more.
Give to everyone who asks of you, and from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches on all who call upon him.

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

Let brotherly love continue.

If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

And Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make here three tabernaclesone for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and threw himself into the sea.

Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

Peter therefore went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. read more.
Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,

"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation: I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot! So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth. read more.
You say, "I am rich; I have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments to clothe you, and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. Those whom I love, I rebuke and chasten. So be zealous and repent.

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

And he said to them, "What is this conversation which you are exchanging with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, read more.
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since all this happened. In addition, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and enter his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures. As they drew near the village to which they were going, he acted as though he would be going farther, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. And they said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?" So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his word.

Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? read more.
For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and given to the poor." But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. For in pouring this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

Then Mary took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, said, "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" read more.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief; and as he had the money box, he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said, "Let her alone, she has kept this for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

and we toil, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man 'against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; read more.
and a man's enemies will be those of his own household.' He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and any other commandment there may be, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love. I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father. And now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. read more.
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in love.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I have not come of my own accord, but he sent me.

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves. read more.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it. "If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and any other commandment there may be, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and any other commandment there may be, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

And the people stood watching; but even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."

But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched his ear and healed him.

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"

and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and live."

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"