Bible Verses about 'Scriptures on love'
- I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
- Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.
- That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
for those who love him.” - As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”
- Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’
- As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”
- But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,
‘People do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” - For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,
‘The stone that you builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.’ - For the Scriptures say,
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will declare allegiance to God.’” - But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.
- But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.” - Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,
“I will take revenge;
I will pay them back,”
says the Lord. - Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
- This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”
- As the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.” When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much. The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.
- For the Scriptures say,
“If you want to enjoy life
and see many happy days,
keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.” - But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
- Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
- We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. - If you love me, obey my commandments.
- Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
- We love each other because he loved us first.
- Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
- May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
- No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
- So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
- But the Lord watches over those who fear him,
those who rely on his unfailing love. - Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
- Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
- If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
- And do everything with love.
- One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?” Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.” Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”
- “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’” And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
- When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
- Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
- Hatred stirs up quarrels,
but love makes up for all offenses. - Let your favor shine on your servant.
In your unfailing love, rescue me. - Love prospers when a fault is forgiven,
but dwelling on it separates close friends. - Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
- And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.
- A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
- Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.
- This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
- Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
- Those who love your instructions have great peace
and do not stumble. - Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
its jealousy as enduring as the grave.
Love flashes like fire,
the brightest kind of flame. - There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
- In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.
- Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
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