'Loves' in the Bible

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”

The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hands.

For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything He is doing, and He will show Him greater works than these so that you will be amazed.

This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again.

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

The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

He that loves me not does not keep my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but that of the Father who has sent me.

For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do—with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Feed My lambs.”

Again He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He 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.

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

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

And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

for the Lord disciplines the one He lovesand punishes every son He receives.

The one who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him.

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.