106 Bible Verses about Love (4/5)

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

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.

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

If you love me, keep my commands.

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.”

The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.

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

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 strength.

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

“I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

One thing I ask from the Lord,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple.

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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.

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.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

It was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face, for you loved them.

Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.

Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.

Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord,
who find great delight in his commands.

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.

If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.