'Love' in the Bible

And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat. That my soul may bless thee before I die.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction. For now my husband will love me.

and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:

Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.

So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

And Saul commanded his servants,'saying , Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah.

and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.

Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.

Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.

My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.

Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.

Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.

Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.

How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,'saying , Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, And its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.