List of 25 Bible Verses that Reference Bible Verses about love, verse , and description
- Romans 12:9 – “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
- 1 John 4:7-8 – “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”
- Jeremiah 31:3 – “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”
- John 15:12 – “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
- Psalm 86:15 – “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
- Psalm 17:7 – “Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.”
- Proverbs 10:12 – “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
- Proverbs 10:18 – “He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.”
- Proverbs 12:25 – “An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.”
- Proverbs 15:17 – “Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.”
- Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
- Proverbs 19:22 – “What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.”
- Proverbs 20:6 – “Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?”
- Song of Solomon 8:6 – “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame.”
- Matthew 5:44 – “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
- Matthew 22:37-40 – “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
- Luke 6:31 – “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
- Mark 12:30-31 – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
- Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12 – “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else.”
- 1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
- Colossians 3:14 – “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
- Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
- 1 John 4:16 – “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”