'Loves' in the Bible
Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father—the kind he loves.
and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
But if your slave says to you, ‘I don’t want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your family, and is well off with you,
Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He 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 assemble at Your feet.Each receives Your words.
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Then King Hiram of Tyre wrote a letter and sent it to Solomon:Because the Lord loves His people, He set you over them as king.
For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.The upright will see His face.
He loves righteousness and justice;the earth is full of the Lord’s unfailing love.
For the Lord loves justiceand will not abandon His faithful ones.They are kept safe forever,but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.
He chooses for us our inheritance—the pride of Jacob, whom He loves.Selah
The Lord loves the gates of Zionmore than all the dwellings of Jacob.
The mighty King loves justice.You have established fairness;You have administered justiceand righteousness in Jacob.
Your word is completely pure,and Your servant loves it.
In vain you get up early and stay up late,working hard to have enough food—yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.The Lord loves the righteous.
for the Lord disciplines the one He loves,just as a father, the son he delights in.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,but one who hates correction is stupid.
The one who will not use the rod hates his son,but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.
The Lord detests the way of the wicked,but He loves the one who pursues righteousness.
Righteous lips are a king’s delight,and he loves one who speaks honestly.
A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for a difficult time.
One who loves to offend loves strife;one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
The one who acquires good sense loves himself;one who safeguards understanding finds success.
The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
The one who loves a pure heartand gracious lips—the king is his friend.
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
Y Who is this coming up from the wilderness,leaning on the one she loves?W I awakened you under the apricot tree.There your mother conceived you;there she conceived and gave you birth.
All of you, assemble and listen!Who among the idols has declared these things?The Lord loves him;he will accomplish His will against Babylon,and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
Then the Lord said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”
Ephraim is a well-trained calfthat loves to thresh,but I will place a yoke on her fine neck.I will harness Ephraim;Judah will plow;Jacob will do the final plowing.
A merchant loves to extortwith dishonest scales in his hands.
Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the Lord’s sanctuary, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.