'Loves' in the Bible

Go to the flock and bring me two healthy young goats. I'll prepare some delicious food for your father, just the way he loves it.

and we answered Your Excellency, "We have an aged father and a younger child who was born when he was old. His brother is now dead, so he's the only surviving son of his mother. His father loves him.'

He graciously loves thousands, and forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin. But he does not leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of the ancestors on their children, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation."

He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."

"Should that slave say to you, "I won't leave you,' because he loves you and your household, and it was good for him to be with you,

However, the LORD your God didn't listen to Balaam. The LORD your God turned Balaam's curse into a blessing, because the LORD your God loves you.

And he will restore your life for you and will support you in your old age, because your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who has borne him, is better for you than seven sons!"

In a letter that he sent to Solomon, King Hiram of Tyre wrote, "Because he loves his people, the LORD has placed you as king over them."

Blessed be the LORD your God, who is delighted with you! He set you in place on his throne to be king for the LORD your God. He made you king over them so you could carry out justice and implement righteousness, because your God loves Israel and intends to establish them forever."

Indeed, the LORD is righteous; he loves righteousness; the upright will see him face-to-face. To the Director: On an eight stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm.

He loves righteousness and justice; the world is filled with the gracious love of the LORD.

Indeed, the LORD loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They are kept safe forever, but the lawless will be chased away, and the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob.

A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

Your word is very pure, and your servant loves it.

It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor truly he gives sleep to those he loves.

The LORD preserves everyone who loves him, but he will destroy all of the wicked.

the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

May those he loves be exalted, singing for joy on their couches.

and executing the judgment written against them. This is honor for all the ones he loves. Hallelujah!

because the LORD corrects the person he loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in.

But whoever sins against me destroys himself; everyone who hates me loves death."

The person who loves correction loves knowledge, but anyone who hates a rebuke is stupid.

Whoever does not discipline his son hates him, but whoever loves him is diligent to correct him.

The lifestyle of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but he loves those who ardently pursue righteousness.

The arrogant mocker never loves the one who corrects him; he will not inquire of the wise.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.

The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

Whoever obtains wisdom loves himself, and whoever treasures understanding will prosper.

Whoever loves purity and gracious speech will gain the king as his friend.

Wounds from someone who loves are trustworthy, but kisses from an enemy speak volumes.

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.

Whoever loves money will never have enough money. Whoever loves luxury will not be content with abundance. This also is pointless.

Let all of them come together and listen: Who is there among them that could declare these things? "The LORD loves me, and he will accomplish my purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

Then the LORD told me: "Go love your wife again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes."

"Ephraim, the well-trained heifer, loves to thresh grain, so I will spare her neck. I will turn Ephraim into a pack animal. Judah will pull the plow, and Jacob will turn up the fallow ground.

"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.

Judah has become unfaithful, and a detestable thing was committed in Israel and Jerusalem. Indeed, Judah profaned the Holy Place of the LORD, which he loves, and married a daughter of a foreign god.

"The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

because he loves our people and built our synagogue for us."

So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."

The Father loves the Son and has put everything in his hands.

The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him even greater actions than these, so that you may be amazed.

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.

The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him."

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. Then my Father will love him, and we will go to him and make our home within him.

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

Do not owe anyone anything except to love one another. For the one who loves another has fulfilled the Law.

But anyone who loves God is known by him.

Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

But each individual man among you must love his wife as he loves himself; and may the wife fear her husband.

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,

Brothers whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you,

For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he punishes every son he accepts."

The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble.

Dear friends, let us continuously love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.

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

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God, and everyone who loves the parent also loves the child.

I wrote a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be in charge, will not recognize our authority.

and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.