Sacred Concord

Bible on Love

549 passages in the Bible address love, in the King James Version translation.

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Luke 6:27 · Bible · Luke
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
Luke 9:35 · Bible · Luke
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 · Bible · John
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Galatians 5:6 · Bible · Galatians
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:17 · Bible · Ephesians
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Philemon 1:1 · Bible · Philemon
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
Philemon 1:5 · Bible · Philemon
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 1:19 · Bible · James
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John 3:11 · Bible · 1 John
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
1 Samuel 18:28 · Bible · 1 Samuel
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Psalms 69:36 · Bible · Psalms
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:13 · Bible · Proverbs
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:8 · Bible · Ecclesiastes
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Jeremiah 2:33 · Bible · Jeremiah
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Hosea 14:4 · Bible · Hosea
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 3:17 · Bible · Matthew
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke 11:43 · Bible · Luke
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
John 10:17 · Bible · John
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 13:35 · Bible · John
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 · Bible · Romans
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 1:6 · Bible · Ephesians
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Ephesians 5:28 · Bible · Ephesians
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:23 · Bible · Ephesians
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
1 Thessalonians 5:13 · Bible · 1 Thessalonians
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
2 Thessalonians 3:5 · Bible · 2 Thessalonians
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:14 · Bible · 1 Timothy
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
1 Timothy 2:15 · Bible · 1 Timothy
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1 Timothy 6:11 · Bible · 1 Timothy
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Hebrews 6:9 · Bible · Hebrews
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter 2:11 · Bible · 1 Peter
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18 · Bible · 1 John
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John 5:3 · Bible · 1 John
But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Jude 1:17 · Bible · Jude
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
1 Samuel 16:21 · Bible · 1 Samuel
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Psalms 40:11 · Bible · Psalms
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1 · Bible · Proverbs
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Song of Solomon 5:4 · Bible · Song of Solomon
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Song of Solomon 8:4 · Bible · Song of Solomon
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Mark 1:11 · Bible · Mark
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8 · Bible · Romans
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
Romans 16:12 · Bible · Romans
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Galatians 5:14 · Bible · Galatians
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Ephesians 1:15 · Bible · Ephesians
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Philippians 1:9 · Bible · Philippians
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Philippians 2:2 · Bible · Philippians
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:2 · Bible · 2 Timothy
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Peter 3:8 · Bible · 1 Peter
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3 John 1:2 · Bible · 3 John
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jude 1:21 · Bible · Jude
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Judges 16:4 · Bible · Judges
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 1:5 · Bible · 1 Samuel
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psalms 31:23 · Bible · Psalms
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Psalms 69:16 · Bible · Psalms
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Psalms 119:132 · Bible · Psalms
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22 · Bible · Proverbs
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 18:21 · Bible · Proverbs
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
John 16:27 · Bible · John
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
1 Corinthians 4:21 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
1 Corinthians 8:1 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
1 Corinthians 16:24 · Bible · 1 Corinthians
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