Love · 54 verses

Bible verses about love

Love is at the center of everything the Bible teaches. Read these verses to remember how loved you are and to learn to love the people near you better.

“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son.”

John 3:16

“Love is patient, love is kind.”

1 Corinthians 13:4

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

Matthew 22:37-39

“No one has greater love than the one who gives his life for his friends.”

John 15:13

“Love covers every wrong.”

Proverbs 10:12

“We love because he loved us first.”

1 John 4:19

“Above all, clothe yourselves with love, the bond that makes everything complete.”

Colossians 3:14

“I have loved you with an everlasting love.”

Jeremiah 31:3

“Perfect love drives out fear.”

1 John 4:18

“Let everything you do be done in love.”

1 Corinthians 16:14

“Many waters cannot put out love.”

Song of Songs 8:7

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”

Matthew 5:44

“Now faith, hope and love remain; but the greatest of these is love.”

1 Corinthians 13:13

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

1 Corinthians 13:7

“Love never ends.”

1 Corinthians 13:8

“A new commandment I give you: love one another as I have loved you.”

John 13:34

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples: if you love one another.”

John 13:35

“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

1 John 4:8

“If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”

1 John 4:11

“Let us not love only with words, but with actions and in truth.”

1 John 3:18

“God shows his love for us: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.”

Romans 5:8

“Neither death nor life, nor the present nor the future: nothing can separate us from the love of God.”

Romans 8:38-39

“Let love be sincere. Hate what is evil; hold on to what is good.”

Romans 12:9

“Love one another with brotherly affection and outdo one another in showing honor.”

Romans 12:10

“Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

Romans 13:10

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

Galatians 5:22-23

“Serve one another through love.”

Galatians 5:13

“With all humility and gentleness, bear with one another in love.”

Ephesians 4:2

“Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us.”

Ephesians 5:2

“Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.”

Ephesians 5:25

“Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.”

1 Peter 4:8

“Love one another sincerely and with all your heart.”

1 Peter 1:22

“Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than this.”

Mark 12:31

“Love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting anything back.”

Luke 6:35

“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love.”

John 15:9

“This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you.”

John 15:12

“God is love; whoever remains in love remains in God, and God in him.”

1 John 4:16

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love comes from God.”

1 John 4:7

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength.”

Deuteronomy 6:5

“The Lord is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him.”

Deuteronomy 7:9

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”

Psalm 136:1

“How precious is your love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.”

Psalm 36:7

“Your love is better than life; therefore my lips will praise you.”

Psalm 63:3

“I led them with cords of kindness, with bands of love.”

Hosea 11:4

“A friend loves at all times, and in hardship becomes a brother.”

Proverbs 17:17

“The Lord your God is with you; he rejoices over you and quiets you with his love.”

Zephaniah 3:17

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”

Psalm 68:5

“Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.”

Psalm 27:10

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast? Though she may forget, I will not forget you.”

Isaiah 49:15

“You received the Spirit who makes you children, by whom we cry: Abba, Father.”

Romans 8:15

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

John 14:18

“I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

2 Corinthians 6:18

“As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.”

Psalm 103:13

“It was not an enemy who insulted me; that I could bear. It was you, my friend, my trusted companion.”

Psalm 55:12-13

How to use these verses

Pick just one and read it slowly, two or three times. Write down the word that caught your attention and come back to it during the day. If someone came to mind while you were reading, send the verse to that person: it is often exactly what they needed to hear today.