'Lover' in the Bible

And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;

But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.

And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.

I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.

And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.