Bible quotes about love
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~ Jesus
Gospel of John 15:9-10
The Bible is a collection of sacred scriptures that includes many widely quoted statements about Love.
Quotes[edit]
God is Love.
~ John the Evangelist
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3 vs 16.
- Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.
- Song of Solomon, VIII. 6
- Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
- Song of Solomon, VIII. 7
- Love is the fulfilling of the law.
- Romans, XIII. 10
- Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
- Ruth. I. 16
- Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
- II Samuel. I. 26
- Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.
- Hebrews, XII. 6
- Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- Colossians 3:19.
- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- John, XV. 13
- The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.
- Paul of Tarsus, in 1 Corinthians 13:13 (New International Readers Version)
- God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
- The Bible, 1 John 4:16b
- Love thy neighbor as thyself.
- The Bible, Leviticus 19:18.
- Stay with me flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
- The Bible, Song of Solomon 2:5
- Alternate translation: "Strengthen me with flagons of wine, refresh me with apples; for sick of love am I".
- I adjure you, o daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
- The Bible, Song of Solomon 8:4.
- Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
- The Bible, Song of Solomon 8:7.
- Alternative translation: "Many waters are not able to quench love, nor can the rivers flood it away".
- … love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave.Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
- Song of Solomon 8:6.
- If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- I Corinthians 13:1-2.
King James Version[edit]
- Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
- Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- 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.
- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
- Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
- There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- John, XV. 13
- Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- The stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Moses, Leviticus 19:34
- Love suffers long, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.... And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8 (New King James Version)
- Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.- I Corinthians Ch. 13 (NKJV). It is authored by Paul of Tarsus and Sosthenes in Ephesus. This chapter covers the subject of Love. In the original Greek, the word ἀγάπη agape is used throughout. This is translated into English as "charity" in the King James version; but the word "love" is preferred by most other translations, both earlier and more recent.
- Variant translation: Love 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 record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perservers. Love never fails.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
- Love is the fulfilling of the law.
- Romans, XIII. 10
- Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.
- Song of Solomon, VIII. 6
- Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
- Song of Solomon, VIII. 7
American Standard Version[edit]
- Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Paul of Tarsus, Ephesians 5:28, Revised Standard Version
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures[edit]
- Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life,
- He loves righteousness and justice.
- For you, O Jehovah, are good and ready to forgive;
- You abound in loyal love for all those who call on you.
- My Father is glorified in this, that you keep bearing much fruit and prove yourselves my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love. If you observe my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have observed the commandments of the Father and remain in his love. “These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be made full. This is my commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you. No one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his life in behalf of his friends. You are my friends if you do what I am commanding you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, because I have made known to you all the things I have heard from my Father.
- God recommends his own love to us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- But if anyone loves God, this one is known by him.
New International Version[edit]
- I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;
you were very dear to me.
Your love for me was wonderful,
more wonderful than that of women.- David, 2 Samuel 1:26, Today's New International Version
- Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
- Ezekiel 33:31
- So I tell you this. Her many sins have been forgiven. She has loved a lot. But the one who has been forgiven little loves only a little.
- The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.
- Paul of Tarsus, in 1 Corinthians 13:13
- Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Paul of Tarsus, Romans 13:8-10
- Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
- Ezekiel 33:31
- Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
- Song of Solomon 1:2
- How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice!
- Song of Solomon 4:10
- Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
- Song of Solomon 5:1
- Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages. Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love. The mandrakes send out their fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, both new and old, that I have stored up for you, my beloved.
- Song of Solomon 7:11-13
- Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
- ** Song of Solomon 8:6-7
- Ἀγαπητοί, ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται καὶ γινώσκει τὸν Θεόν. ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν Θεόν, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν.
- καὶ τοῦτο προσεύχομαι, ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλλον περισσεύῃ ἐν ἐπιγνώσει καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσει, εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τὰ διαφέροντα, ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι.
- This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless.
- Paul of Tarsus, Philippians 1:9-10
- This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless.
