'Loves' in the Bible
Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.
We said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’
It shall come about if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;
Nevertheless, the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
“Indeed, He loves the people;All Your holy ones are in Your hand,And they followed in Your steps;Everyone receives of Your words.
May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Then Huram, king of Tyre, answered in a letter sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.”
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness;The upright will behold His face.
He loves righteousness and justice;The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Who is the man who desires lifeAnd loves length of days that he may see good?
For the Lord loves justiceAnd does not forsake His godly ones;They are preserved forever,But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
He chooses our inheritance for us,The glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.
The Lord loves the gates of ZionMore than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
The strength of the King loves justice;You have established equity;You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Your word is very pure,Therefore Your servant loves it.
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;The Lord raises up those who are bowed down;The Lord loves the righteous;
For whom the Lord loves He reproves,Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,But he who hates reproof is stupid.
He who withholds his rod hates his son,But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,But He loves one who pursues righteousness.
A friend loves at all times,And a brother is born for adversity.
He who loves transgression loves strife;He who raises his door seeks destruction.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;He who keeps understanding will find good.
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
He who loves purity of heartAnd whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,Where do you pasture your flock,Where do you make it lie down at noon?For why should I be like one who veils herselfBeside the flocks of your companions?”
“On my bed night after night I sought himWhom my soul loves;I sought him but did not find him.
‘I must arise now and go about the city;In the streets and in the squaresI must seek him whom my soul loves.’I sought him but did not find him.
“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
“Scarcely had I left themWhen I found him whom my soul loves;I held on to him and would not let him goUntil I had brought him to my mother’s house,And into the room of her who conceived me.”
Your rulers are rebelsAnd companions of thieves;Everyone loves a bribeAnd chases after rewards.They do not defend the orphan,Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
“Assemble, all of you, and listen!Who among them has declared these things?The Lord loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”
Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh,But I will come over her fair neck with a yoke;I will harness Ephraim,Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,He loves to oppress.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god.