74 Essential Bible Verses About Love

Love is essential to our lives. Whether it is the love between a married couple, family, friends, or the love we feel for God, love can lift us up and keep us moving forward on even the darkest of days.

It’s the strongest emotion that we feel and can unite us all. It can last forever or it can be fleeting, but it is always powerful.

The Bible states that God is love so it is no surprise that there are many passages relating to love to be found within its pages.

Whenever we struggle to feel love for ourselves or our fellow man, we can turn to the Bible and find the strength we need to feel God’s love and share it with others.

If you need to be reminded of God’s love for us, then this is the article for you. We have a long list of 74 essential Bible verses about love that are taken directly from the scriptures. These verses will help remind you to love yourself and everyone around you.

Bible Verses About Love

First, we’ve collected together some Bible verses that are useful for all types of love. Many of these are the most famous verses about love and are good to turn to whenever you need a reminder about love and its place in your life.

Let all that you do be done in love. 

1 Corinthians 16:14

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 

1 John 4:18

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. 

John 13:34-35

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

1 John 4:12

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 

1 John 4:7

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.

1 John 4:16

For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1 John 3:11

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 

1 Corinthians 13:13

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.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Colossians 3:14

Let love and faithfulness never leave you, bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 3:3-4

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:6-7

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:11

For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Psalm 57:10

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Bible Verses About God’s Love

There is no more perfect and pure love than the one God has for us. His love is unconditional and unchanging and we are all worthy of this love, even if we often feel like we aren’t. The following verses will help to remind you of God’s love and the compassion He feels for us.

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 

John 4:9-12

God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved. 

Ephesians 2:4-5

We love because He first loved us.

1 John 4:19

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.

1 John 4:7-8

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 

John 15:12-13

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 5:5

God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

Romans 5:8

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:1

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38-39

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

Mark 12:30

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline.

2 Timothy 1:7

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:5

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Psalm 103:8

The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 

Bible Verses About Loving Others

In this section, we will list a variety of Bible verses that relate to general relationships. These can cover the relationships we have with friends, family members, or even with strangers. In the following section, we will concentrate specifically on quotes for marriage.

It is important to remember to have love in our hearts for everyone that we meet. We are all God’s children and we all share in His love. We should share that love with everyone we meet and surround ourselves with those that love us back.

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 Corinthians 13:4-8

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 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.” 

Mark 12:29-31

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Colossians 3:14

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

1 John 3:16-18

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

1 John 3:17

And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

1 John 4:21

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find? The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.

Proverbs 20:6-7

A friend loves at all times. 

Proverbs 17:17

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 

1 John 4:11

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 

Ephesians 4:2-3

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Romans 12:10

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find? The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them. 

Proverbs 20:6-7

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 

Romans 13:8

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. 

1 John 4:7

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

John 15:13

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have 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 do not have love, I am nothing.

If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. 

Romans 13:10

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Romans 12:9-10

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.

Mark 12:31

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Mark 12:33

Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.

Hebrews 13:1-2

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

Galatians 5:13

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?”

The King will reply, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Matthew 25:35-40

Bible Verses About Marriage

Marriage is an institution created by God and is one that we should all hold sacred. The commitment between spouses that is made in front of God should be cherished and held dear at all times. We should be committed to our spouse and share our love for each other and for God. 

The following verses can be used as readings during a wedding ceremony or vow renewal. You can also look to these quotes when you need some extra encouragement to keep your marriage and commitment on the right track.

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine. 

Song Of Solomon 8:3

Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 2:22-24

But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.  

Mark 10:9-6

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. 

Proverbs 31:10-12

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. 

Proverbs 18:22

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. 

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

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

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

Ephesians 5:25-26

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

Bible Verses About Having Love For Your Enemies

This can be the most difficult form of love to feel and share. At times, it may seem impossible and even ridiculous to find love for our enemies, but this is what makes it so important. Instead of holding grudges and fighting back, we should follow the lead of Jesus and forgive those that have wronged us. 

By forgiving and loving our enemies, we can heal our hearts and bring even more love into our lives. If ever you are struggling with this concept, you can turn to the Bible quotes below to help you find forgiveness and love.

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.

He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?

Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect”.

Matthew 5:43-48

On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

Romans 12:20-21

But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

Luke 6:27-31

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 

Luke 6:35

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 3:3-4

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

Proverbs 10:12

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

1 John 4:20

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Matthew 5:44

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

Psalm 103:13

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. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Final Thoughts

In this article, we shared 74 essential Bible verses about love. We picked a wide variety of verses that can cover many different situations and topics so whatever you need a Bible verse for, there is sure to be something relevant for you.

These verses can help you feel closer to God, feel love for yourself, care about others, or even forgive those that have wronged you. Love is everywhere around us because God created it to be that way.

We can sometimes lose sight of this, but the Bible helps us to remember that God’s Word is always true and that His love is all around us.

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