15 Bible Verses about Those Who Loved

for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!

And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

and Isaac loveth Esau, for his hunting is in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.

And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he is a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;

and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.

'And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee -- who is better to thee than seven sons -- hath borne him.'

And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.

and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.

And Saul commandeth his servants, 'Speak unto David gently, saying, Lo, the king hath delighted in thee, and all his servants have loved thee, and now, be son-in-law to the king.'

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!