'Loves' in the Bible
Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'
but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
It shall be, if he tells you, "I will not go out from you;" because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;
Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They sat down at your feet; [Everyone] shall receive of your words.
He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him."
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, "Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you king over them."
Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
"Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins."
Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.