112 Inspirational Bible Verses About Love

What is LOVE?

“Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.” 1 John 4:8

Where does Love come from?

“Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7

The characteristics of true Love

“Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.  Love is eternal. There are inspired messages, but they are temporary; there are gifts of speaking in strange tongues, but they will cease; there is knowledge, but it will pass.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is the greatest commandment

“Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13

The Love Of God For His People Through Jesus Christ

• “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.” John 3:16

• “We love because God first loved us.” 1 John 4:9

• “I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love.” Jeremiah 31:3

• “I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.” John 15:9

• “The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power.” John 3:35

• “What he commands is that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as Christ commanded us.” 1 John 3:23

• “The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again.” John 10:17

• “Those who love their own life will lose it; those who hate their own life in this world will keep it for life eternal.” John 12:25

• “I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me. I have riches and honour to give, prosperity and success. What you get from me is better than the finest gold, better than the purest silver.” Proverbs 8:17

• “Those who do not find me hurt themselves; anyone who hates me loves death.” Proverbs 8:36

• “Whoever does not love me does not obey my teaching. And the teaching you have heard is not mine, but comes from the Father, who sent me.” John 14:24

• “For the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God.” John 16:27 GNB

• “Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them and reveal myself to them.” John 14:21

• “All those who obey his word are people whose love for God has really been made perfect. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God.” 1 John 2:5

• “But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws.” Exodus 20:6

• “God says, “I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as LORD.” Psalms 91:14

• “The LORD is merciful and loving, slow to become angry and full of constant love.” Psalms 103:8

• “You bless those who obey you, LORD; your love protects them like a shield.” Psalms 5:12

• “The LORD watches over those who obey him, those who trust in his constant love.” Psalms 33:18

Love Your God

• “Jesus answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the most important commandment.” Matthew 22:37-38 GNB

• “Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples.” Matthew 10:37 GNB

• “Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.” Luke 14:26 GNB

• “You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up. But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first.” Revelation 2:3-4 GNB

• “The LORD corrects those he loves, as parents correct a child of whom they are proud.” Proverbs 3:12 GNB

• “If you don’t punish your son, you don’t love him. If you do love him, you will correct him.” Proverbs 13:24 GNB

• “So I am going to take her into the desert again; there I will win her back with words of love.” Hosea 2:14 GNB

• “I will give back to her the vineyards she had and make Trouble Valley a door of hope. She will respond to me there as she did when she was young, when she came from Egypt.” Hosea 2:15 GNB

• “Then once again she will call me her husband, she will no longer call me Baal.”  Hosea 2:16 GNB

• “Israel, I will make you my wife, I will be true and faithful, I will show you constant love and mercy and make you mine forever.” Hosea 2:19 GNB

• “How beautiful you are, my love; how your eyes shine with love!” Song of Songs 1:15 GNB

• “Your love delights me, my sweetheart and bride. Your love is better than wine; your perfume more fragrant than any spice.” Song of Songs 4:10 GNB

• “The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep for ever my promise of peace.” So says the LORD who loves you.” Isaiah 54:10 GNB

• “I will give up whole nations to save your life, because you are precious to me and because I love you and give you honour.” Isaiah 43:4 GNB

• “Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder, in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshipped before. Even if what they promise comes true, do not pay any attention to them. The LORD your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the LORD with all your heart.” Deuteronomy 13:1-3 GNB

• “Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him.” James 1:12 GNB

• “We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 GNB

• “I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgement,” Philippians 1:9 GNB

• “And keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.” Jude 1:21 GNB

• “…To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ:  May mercy, peace, and love be yours in full measure.” Jude 1:1-2 GNB

• “May God’s grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying love.” Ephesians 6:24 GNB

About Love For One Another

• “Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 GNB

• “This love I speak of means that we must live in obedience to God’s commands. The command, as you have all heard from the beginning, is that you must all live in love.” 2 John 1:6 GNB

• “Hate stirs up trouble, but love overlooks all offences.” Proverbs 10:12 GNB

• “If you love someone, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law.” Romans 13:10 GNB

• “I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burnt but if I have no love, this does me no good.” 1 Corinthians 13:3 GNB

• “You are so rich in all you have: in faith, speech, and knowledge, in your eagerness to help and in your love for us. And so we want you to be generous also in this service of love.” 2 Corinthians 8:7 GNB

• “It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God’s message.” 1 Corinthians 14:1 GNB

• “Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.” Ephesians 5:2 GNB

• “There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.” 1 John 4:18 GNB

• “Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good.” Romans 12:9 GNB

• “Love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will embrace.” Psalms 85:10 GNB

• “Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another.” Ephesians 4:2 GNB

• “And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:14 GNB

• “My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.” 1 John 3:18 GNB

About Love For Your Neighbor

• “The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” Matthew 22:39 GNB

• “The commandments “Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else” — all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Romans 13:9 GNB

• “Be under obligation to no one, the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law.” Romans 13:8 GNB

About Love For Your Enemies

• “But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44 GNB

• “If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!” Luke 6:32 GNB

About Love For Strangers

• “So then, show love for those foreigners, because you were once foreigners in Egypt.” Deuteronomy 10:19 GNB

• “For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.” Galatians 5:6 GNB

About Love For Your Family

• “Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.” Ephesians 5:25 GNB

• “Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.” Ephesians 5:28 GNB

• “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.” Colossians 3:19 GNB

• “Be faithful to your own wife and give your love to her alone.” Proverbs 5:15 GNB

About Love For Your Relatives

• “The command that Christ has given us is this: all who love God must love their brother or sister also.” 1 John 4:21 GNB

• “This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for our brothers and sisters!” 1 John 3:16 GNB

• “Those who love their brothers and sisters live in the light, and so there is nothing in them that will cause someone else to sin.” 1 John 2:10 GNB

• “We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love our brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love is still under the power of death.” 1 John 3:14 GNB

• “Better to eat vegetables with people you love than to eat the finest meat where there is hate.” Proverbs 15:17 GNB

• “Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?” Proverbs 17:17 GNB

About Love For Your Friends

“The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them.” John 15:13 GNB

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17 NKJV

About Love For Other Believers

• “There is no need to write to you about love for your fellow-believers. You yourselves have been taught by God how you should love one another.” 1 Thessalonians 4:9 GNB

• “Love one another warmly as Christian brothers and sisters, and be eager to show respect for one another.” Romans 12:10 GNB

• “If you love me, you will obey my commandments. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you forever.” John 14:15-16 GNB

• “But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.” Galatians 5:22 GNB

• “No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.” 1 John 4:12 GNB

• “My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you.” John 15:12 GNB

• “If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.” John 13:35 GNB

• “I know what you do. I know your love, your faithfulness, your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing more now than you did at first.” Revelation 2:19 GNB

• “God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to your fellow-Christians.” Hebrews 6:10 GNB

• “Do all your work in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14 GNB

• “Now, however, you should forgive him and encourage him, in order to keep him from becoming so sad as to give up completely. And so I beg you to let him know that you really do love him.” 2 Corinthians 2:7-8 GNB

• “I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.” Luke 7:47 GNB

About The Love Of Money

• “Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.” 1 John 2:15 GNB

• “No one can be a slave of two masters; he will hate one and love the other; he will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24 GNB

• “For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.” 1 Timothy 6:10 GNB

• “Rich people who see a brother or sister in need, yet close their hearts against them, cannot claim that they love God.” 1 John 3:17 GNB

• “If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.” Ecclesiastes 5:10 GNB

• “Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.” Hebrews 13:5 GNB

• “However, as the scripture says: “What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 GNB

• “Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death?” Romans 8:35 GNB

• “For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future,” Romans 8:38 GNB

• “Neither the world above nor the world below — there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:39 GNB

• “Yes, may you come to know his love; although it can never be fully known; and so be completely filled with the very nature of God.” Ephesians 3:19 GNB

• “So that you, together with all God’s people, may have the power to understand how broad and long, how high and deep, is Christ’s love.” Ephesians 3:18 GNB

• “I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind.” Philippians 2:2 GNB