Love

A curated set of verses about love. These references are selected from the Bible text available on this site.

By BibleInTongues Editorial TeamPublished March 5, 2026Reviewed by BibleInTongues Review Team on March 9, 2026

Verses

  1. 43Matthew 5:43
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    “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

  2. 44Matthew 5:44
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    But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

  3. 46Matthew 5:46
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    For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

  4. 5Matthew 6:5
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    “When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

  5. 24Matthew 6:24
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    “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

  6. 37Matthew 10:37
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    He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

  7. 21Mark 10:21
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    Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

  8. 30Mark 12:30
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    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

  9. 31Mark 12:31
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    The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

  10. 33Mark 12:33
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    and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

  11. 27Luke 6:27
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    “But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  12. 32Luke 6:32
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    “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

  13. 35Luke 6:35
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    But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

  14. for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

  15. 42Luke 7:42
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    When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”

  16. 47Luke 7:47
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    Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

  17. 16John 3:16
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    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

  18. 19John 3:19
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    This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.

  19. 35John 3:35
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    The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

  20. 42John 5:42
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    But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.

  21. 42John 8:42
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    Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.

  22. 17John 10:17
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    Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

  23. 5Romans 5:5
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    and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

  24. 8Romans 5:8
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    But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

  25. 28Romans 8:28
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    We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

  26. 35Romans 8:35
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    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

  27. 37Romans 8:37
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    No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

  28. 39Romans 8:39
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    nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  29. 91 Corinthians 2:9
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    But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

  30. 211 Corinthians 4:21
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    What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

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