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Bible Verses About Love
Few themes run deeper through Scripture than love. This page gathers 100 Bible verses about love from the King James Version and organises them by theme, so whatever you are looking for is easy to find. You will find verses about God’s love for us, loving one another, what love truly is, love in marriage and relationships, and even loving your enemies.
People search for these Scriptures in many ways — as verses about love, scriptures on love, or Bible quotes about love — and they turn to them for weddings, encouragement on a hard day, cards, and memory verses. Whatever brought you here, these passages meet you with the steady, unfailing love of God.
Below you will find a fresh daily love verse, followed by the full collection grouped into seven themes you can jump to at any time. Everything here is completely free to read, share, and return to as often as you like.
Daily Bible Verse About Love
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About this collection. Every verse below is quoted from the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain, and each one has been chosen and grouped by theme to make it easy to find the words you need. This page is carefully maintained and kept up to date — last updated July 31, 2026.
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20 versesThe Bible’s whole story is held together by the love of God. These Bible verses about God’s love reveal a Father whose affection for us is unconditional, everlasting, and proven once and for all at the cross. Read them slowly whenever you need to be reminded of how deeply and personally you are loved.
001John 3:16 (KJV)
“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.”
002Romans 5:8 (KJV)
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
0031 John 4:9 (KJV)
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”
0041 John 4:10 (KJV)
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
0051 John 4:19 (KJV)
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
006Ephesians 2:4 (KJV)
“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,”
007Ephesians 2:5 (KJV)
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)”
008Romans 8:38 (KJV)
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,”
009Romans 8:39 (KJV)
“Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
010Jeremiah 31:3 (KJV)
“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”
0111 John 3:1 (KJV)
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”
012John 15:13 (KJV)
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
013Psalm 136:26 (KJV)
“O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
014Zephaniah 3:17 (KJV)
“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”
015Titus 3:4 (KJV)
“But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,”
016Lamentations 3:22 (KJV)
“It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
017Psalm 86:15 (KJV)
“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.”
018Isaiah 54:10 (KJV)
“For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.”
019John 15:9 (KJV)
“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.”
020Psalm 103:11 (KJV)
“For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.”
Bible Verses About Loving One Another
18 versesJesus said the world would recognise His followers by their love for one another. These verses call us to a love that is sincere, patient, and active — shown in what we do, not only in what we feel. They make a beautiful guide for family, friendship, and life in the church.
021John 13:34 (KJV)
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
022John 13:35 (KJV)
“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
0231 John 4:7 (KJV)
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
0241 John 4:8 (KJV)
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
0251 John 4:11 (KJV)
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
0261 John 4:12 (KJV)
“No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.”
0271 Peter 4:8 (KJV)
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
0281 Peter 1:22 (KJV)
“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:”
029Romans 12:10 (KJV)
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
030Romans 13:8 (KJV)
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
0311 John 3:11 (KJV)
“For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”
0321 John 3:16 (KJV)
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
0331 John 3:18 (KJV)
“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
034Hebrews 13:1 (KJV)
“Let brotherly love continue.”
035Galatians 5:13 (KJV)
“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”
036John 15:12 (KJV)
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”
0371 Thessalonians 3:12 (KJV)
“And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:”
0381 Thessalonians 4:9 (KJV)
“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.”
Bible Verses About What Love Is (1 Corinthians 13)
15 versesWhen people ask what real love actually looks like, Scripture answers in 1 Corinthians 13. These verses describe love as patient, kind, humble, and enduring, and remind us that without love even our greatest efforts are empty. This is the famous “love is patient” passage so often read at weddings.
0391 Corinthians 13:1 (KJV)
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
0401 Corinthians 13:2 (KJV)
“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, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
0411 Corinthians 13:3 (KJV)
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
0421 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV)
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
0431 Corinthians 13:5 (KJV)
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
0441 Corinthians 13:6 (KJV)
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
0451 Corinthians 13:7 (KJV)
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
0461 Corinthians 13:8 (KJV)
“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.”
0471 Corinthians 13:13 (KJV)
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”
048Ephesians 4:2 (KJV)
“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
049Ephesians 5:2 (KJV)
“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
0501 John 4:18 (KJV)
“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.”
051Proverbs 10:12 (KJV)
“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
0521 Corinthians 16:14 (KJV)
“Let all your things be done with charity.”
053Colossians 3:14 (KJV)
“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Bible Verses About Loving God
12 versesBefore we can love anyone else well, we are made to love God. These Bible verses about loving God call us to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. They show that our love for Him is really a response to His love for us, expressed through trust and glad obedience.
054Matthew 22:37 (KJV)
“This is the first and great commandment.”
055Matthew 22:38 (KJV)
“And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
056Deuteronomy 6:5 (KJV)
“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
057Mark 12:30 (KJV)
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”
058Joshua 22:5 (KJV)
“But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
059Psalm 18:1 (KJV)
“I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.”
060Romans 8:28 (KJV)
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
0611 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
0621 John 5:3 (KJV)
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
063John 14:15 (KJV)
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
064Deuteronomy 10:12 (KJV)
“And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,”
065Psalm 116:1 (KJV)
“I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.”
Bible Verses About Love in Marriage & Relationships
13 versesGod designed marriage and our closest relationships to reflect His own faithful love. These Bible verses about love in marriage and relationships speak of commitment, sacrifice, and unity between two people. They make meaningful readings for weddings and anniversaries, and daily encouragement for couples.
066Genesis 2:24 (KJV)
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
067Ephesians 5:25 (KJV)
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
068Ephesians 5:28 (KJV)
“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”
069Ephesians 5:33 (KJV)
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
070Colossians 3:19 (KJV)
“Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.”
071Song of Solomon 8:6 (KJV)
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”
072Song of Solomon 8:7 (KJV)
“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.”
073Song of Solomon 2:16 (KJV)
“My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.”
074Proverbs 5:18 (KJV)
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
075Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV)
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”
076Ecclesiastes 4:12 (KJV)
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
0771 Peter 3:7 (KJV)
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
0781 Corinthians 7:3 (KJV)
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
Bible Verses About Loving Your Neighbor & Enemies
12 versesThe love Jesus taught reaches far beyond the people who are easy to love. These verses call us to love our neighbor as ourselves and even to love our enemies, doing good and praying for those who wrong us. This is some of the most challenging and life-changing teaching in all of Scripture.
079Mark 12:31 (KJV)
“And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”
080Matthew 22:39 (KJV)
“On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
081Leviticus 19:18 (KJV)
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”
082Matthew 5:44 (KJV)
“But 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;”
083Luke 6:27 (KJV)
“But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,”
084Luke 6:35 (KJV)
“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.”
085Romans 13:10 (KJV)
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”
086Galatians 5:14 (KJV)
“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
087James 2:8 (KJV)
“If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:”
088Luke 10:27 (KJV)
“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”
089Proverbs 17:17 (KJV)
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
0901 John 4:20 (KJV)
“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
Bible Verses About the Power of Love
10 versesLove in the Bible is never weak or merely sentimental; it is powerful, unshakable, and eternal. These verses celebrate the strength and greatness of love — a love that binds believers together, casts out fear, and surpasses knowledge. They remind us why Scripture calls love the greatest of all.
091Colossians 2:2 (KJV)
“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;”
0921 Timothy 1:5 (KJV)
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:”
0932 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
0941 John 4:16 (KJV)
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
095Psalm 143:8 (KJV)
“Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.”
096Psalm 63:3 (KJV)
“Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.”
097Romans 5:5 (KJV)
“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
098Ephesians 3:17 (KJV)
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,”
099Ephesians 3:18 (KJV)
“May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;”
100Ephesians 3:19 (KJV)
“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”
Reader Reflections
Encouragement from people using these verses“I start each morning with the daily love verse here. It has become a quiet, grounding moment before my day begins.”
— A daily reader“Having so many verses about God’s love in one place made it easy to find exactly what I needed for a hard week.”
— Reader reflection“I used the marriage and relationships section for our anniversary card, and it meant so much to my husband.”
— Reader reflectionBible Verses About Love: Frequently Asked Questions
What the Bible says about loveWhat does the Bible say about love?
The Bible teaches that love comes from God, and that God Himself is love (1 John 4:8). It describes real love as patient, kind, selfless, and enduring rather than merely a feeling. Above all, Scripture points to the cross as the greatest expression of love, where Christ gave His life for us.
What is the most famous Bible verse about love?
John 3:16 is the best-known verse about God’s love, describing how He so loved the world that He gave His only Son. For love between people, 1 Corinthians 13 — often called the love chapter — is the most quoted passage. Both show that biblical love is defined by giving and sacrifice, not just emotion.
What does 1 Corinthians 13 say about love?
1 Corinthians 13 gives the Bible’s fullest description of love, saying that love is patient and kind, and is not envious, proud, or easily angered. It teaches that without love, even great gifts and deeds mean nothing. Paul concludes that faith, hope, and love remain, but the greatest of these is love.
What does the Bible say about God’s love for us?
Scripture describes God’s love as unconditional, everlasting, and greater than anything that could separate us from it (Romans 8:38-39). Romans 5:8 says God showed His love in that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This love is offered freely as a gift to everyone who receives it.
What does the Bible say about loving one another?
Jesus gave a new commandment that we love one another as He has loved us (John 13:34). The New Testament repeatedly calls believers to love each other deeply, sincerely, and in action rather than words alone. Scripture even says that our love for one another shows the world that we belong to Christ.
What Bible verses talk about love in marriage and relationships?
Ephesians 5:25 calls husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, sacrificially and faithfully. Passages like 1 Corinthians 13, Colossians 3:14, and Song of Solomon 8:7 are popular for weddings and couples. They describe a patient, committed, and unshakable love that God designed relationships to reflect.
What does the Bible say about loving your enemies?
In Matthew 5:44, Jesus teaches us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. Luke 6:35 goes further, calling us to do good and expect nothing in return. This kind of love reflects God’s own kindness toward those who do not deserve it.
What does the Bible say about loving yourself?
Scripture assumes a basic care for oneself when it commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves (Mark 12:31). It teaches that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and deeply loved by God, which gives every person true worth. Rather than self-centeredness, the Bible encourages a healthy sense of value rooted in God’s love for us.
What are some short Bible verses about love?
Several verses are brief and easy to memorize, such as “God is love” (1 John 4:8) and “We love him, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). 1 Corinthians 16:14 simply says, “Let all your things be done with charity.” These short verses make wonderful reminders, cards, or memory verses.
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” 1 John 4:16 (KJV)