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What Does the Bible Say About Love?

Here are 12 Bible verses about love, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

#11 Corinthians 13:4-8
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
BSBLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
#21 Corinthians 16:14
Let all your things be done with charity.
BSBDo everything in love.
#3John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
BSBFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
#4Leviticus 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
BSBIf a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
#5Galatians 5:13-14
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
BSBFor you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
#61 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
BSBWhoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
#71 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
BSBAbove all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
#8Colossians 3:14
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
BSBAnd over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
#91 Corinthians 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
BSBAnd now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
#10John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
BSBGreater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
#11John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
BSBA new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
#121 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
BSBWe love because He first loved us.

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Love in Nave's Topical Bible

Of Children For Parents
See: CHILDREN
OF: GOD, LOVE OF
OF MAN FOR GOD: Ex 20:6; De 5:10; 6:5; 7:9; 10:12; 11:1,13,22; 13:3; 30:6,16,20; Jos 22:5; 23:11; Ps 18:1; 31:23; 37:4; 45:10,11; 63:5,6; 69:35,36; 73:25,26; 91:14; 97:10; 116:1; 145:20; Pr 8:17; 23:26; Isa 56:6,7; Jer 2:2,3; Mt 22:37,38; Mr 12:29,30,32,33; Lu 11:42; Joh 5:42; Ro 5:5; 8:28; 1Co 8:3; Php 1:9; 2Th 3:5; 2Ti 1:7; 1Jo 2:5,15; 3:17,18; 4:12,16-21; 5:1-3; 2Jo 1:6; Jude 1:21
0F MAN FOR JESUS: Mt 10:37,38; 25:34-40; 27:55-61; Mr 9:41; Lu 2:29,30; 7:47; Joh 8:42; 14:15,21,23,28; 15:9; 16:27; 17:26; 21:17; Ac 21:13; 1Co 16:22; 2Co 5:6,8,14,15; Ga 5:6,22; 6:14; Eph 3:17-19; 4:15; 6:24; Php 1:9,20,21,23; 3:7,8; Col 1:8; 2Th 3:5; 2Ti 1:13; 4:8; Phm 1:5; Heb 6:10; Jas 1:12; 2:5; 1Pe 1:8; 2:7; Re 2:4
Instances Of Love For Jesus
Mary: Mt 26:6-13; Joh 12:3-8; Lu 10:39
Peter: Mt 17:4; Joh 13:37; 18:10; 20:3-6; 21:7
Thomas: Joh 11:16
The disciples: Mr 16:10; Lu 24:17-41; Joh 20:20
Mary Magdalene and other disciples: Mt 27:55,56,61; 28:1-9; Lu 8:2,3; 23:27,55,56; 24:1-10; Joh 20:1,2,11-18
A man from Gadara (Gerasa) out of whom Jesus cast an evil spirit: Mr 5:18
Joseph of Aramathaea: Mt 27:57-60
Nicodemus: Joh 19:39,40
Women of Jerusalem: Lu 23:27
OF MAN FOR MAN: Le 19:18,34; De 10:19; Ps 133:1-3; Pr 10:12; 15:17; 17:9,17; So 8:6,7; Mt 5:41-47; 7:12; 10:41,42; 19:19; 25:34-40; Mr 9:41; 12:30-33; Lu 6:31-35; 10:30-37; Joh 13:14,15,34,35; 15:12,13,17; Ro 12:9,10; 13:8-10; 1Co 8:1; 13:1-13; 14:1; 16:14; 2Co 8:7,8; Ga 5:13,14,22,26; Eph 5:2; Php 1:9; 2:2; Col 2:2; 3:12; 1Th 1:3; 3:12; 4:9; 1Ti 1:5,14; 2:15; 4:12; 6:2; 2Ti 2:22; Tit 3:15; Phm 1:12-16; Heb 10:24; Jas 2:8; 1Pe 1:22; 2:17; 3:8,9; 4:8; 2Pe 1:7; 1Jo 2:9-11; 3:11,14,16-19,23; 4:7,11,12,20,21; 5:1,2; 2Jo 1:5
EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE LOVE OF MAN FOR MAN: Ex 32:31,32; Ps 133:1-3; Pr 24:17,18; Mt 5:41,42; 10:41,42; 25:34-40; Mr 9:41; Lu 10:25-37; Ac 20:26,27,31; 26:29; Ro 1:12; 5:7; 9:1-3; 12:15,16; 14:19,21; 15:1,2,5,7,14,15,24,32; 16:1-16,19; 1Co 1:4; 4:14-16; 10:24; 2Co 1:3-6,14,23,24; 2:1-17; 3:2; 4:5; 6:4-6,11-13; 7:1-4,7,12; 11:2; 12:14-16,19-21; 13:9; Ga 4:11-20; 6:1,2,10; Eph 3:13; 4:2,32; 6:22,24; Php 1:3-5,7,8,23-26; 2:19; 3:18; 4:1; Col 1:3,4,24,28,29; 2:1,5; 4:7; 1Th 1:3,4; 2:7,8,11,12,17-20; 3:5,7-10,12; 5:8,11,14; 2Th 1:4; 1Ti 1:5; 5:9,10; 6:2,11; 2Ti 1:3,4,8; 2:10; Phm 1:8,9,12,16-21; Heb 5:2; 6:9,10; 13:1-3,22; Jas 1:27
See: FRATERNITY
Instances Of
Abraham for Lot: Ge 14:14-16
Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz: Ru 1; 2; 3
David's subjects: 2Sa 15:30; 17:27-29
Obadiah for the prophets: 1Ki 18:4
Jehoshabeath for Joash: 2Ch 22:11
Nehemiah for Israelites: Ne 5:10-15
Mordecai for Esther: Es 2:7
Job's friends: Job 42:11
Centurion for his servant: Lu 7:2-6
Roman Christians for Paul: Ac 28:15
Of Money
The root of evil: 1Ti 6:10
See: RICHES
Of Parents For Children
See: PARENTS
See also: BROTHER
See: FRATERNITY
See: FRIENDSHIP

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