When you think of love, you may immediately jump to “being in love” or the love you have for the things you enjoy most. That feeling of love is enjoyable and often brings about happiness. But what about when life is hard? Can you love someone who wrongs you? Tougher situations call for us to work on or practice love. It may not be our first reaction but it can be learned. Unconditional love is what truly brings us deep joy and meaning in life. See how this is possible with these 60 enlightening Bible verses about love.
To start, God’s amazing love toward us is a perfect example of how we should love others. Though undeserving, we are loved in the most incredible way. When we see and read about the love we have been given, our response begins with deep gratitude. This gratitude gives way to joy which then makes it easier to set foot on the path to love others—even our enemies!
Bible Verses About Unconditional Love
1. “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” – 1 John 4:10
2. “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.” – Leviticus 19:18
3. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4. “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17
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5. “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” – Ephesians 4:2
6. “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” – Ephesians 5:33
7. “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13
8. “Let no debt remain outstanding, except continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” – Romans 13:8
9. “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” – Matthew 5:44
10. “And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” – Ephesians 5:2
11. “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
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12. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28
13. “‘Though the mountains be shaken and the hills removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” – Isaiah 54:10
14. “In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.” – Exodus 15:13
15. “But showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” – Exodus 20:6
16. “Love the Lord your God will all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” – Deuteronomy 6:5
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17. “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.” – Deuteronomy 7:9
18. “Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” – Psalm 23:6
19. “And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13
20. “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8
21. “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
22. “Love the Lord your God will all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” – Mark 12:30
23. “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” – 2 Timothy 1:7
24. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” – Galatians 5:22-23
25. “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.” – John 3:16
26. “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will up my hands.” – Psalm 63:3-4
27. “For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.” – Psalm 57: 10
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28. “You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.” – Psalm 86:5
29. “Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.” – Psalm 6:4
30. “I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.” – Psalm 31:7
Short Bible Verses About Love
31. “But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” – Psalm 13:5
32. “I love you, O Lord my strength.” – Psalm 18:1
33. “For your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.” – Psalm 26:3
34. “And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” – Matthew 22:39
35. “Do everything in love.” – 1 Corinthians 16:14
36. “We love him because he first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19
37. “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil, cling to what is good.” – Romans 12:9
38. “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” – John 15:12
39. “May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.” – 2 Thessalonians 3:5
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40. “Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.” – Proverbs 21:21
41. “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” – 1 John 4:8
42. “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” – Proverbs 10:12
43. “Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.” – Jude 1:2
44. “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.” – Psalm 103:8
45. “If you love me, keep my commands.” – John 14:15
46. “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.” – Revelation 3:19
Lessons About Love In The Bible
47. “The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” – Leviticus 19:34
48. “And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.” – 2 John 1:6
49. “Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.” – Proverbs 20:28
50. “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:14
51. “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
52. “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” – Ephesians 4:2
53. “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:10
54. ” 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
55. “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” – 1 John 4:15
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56. “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
57. “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ.” – Ephesians 4:15
58. “If I speak in the tongues of men or angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” – 1 Corinthians 13:1
59. “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” – 1 Timothy 4:12
60. “For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another.” – 1 John 3:11
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