26 Bible Verses on Love in the NLT & ESV

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26 Bible Verses on Love in the NLT & ESV

Genesis 2:24This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Deuteronomy 6:5And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Psalm 136:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love makes up for all offenses.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7Place 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. Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned.
Matthew 22:37-39Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
John 13:34-35So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
Romans 13:10Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
Galatians 5:22-23But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Ephesians 5:25For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her
John 4:7-8Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
Revelation 2:4“But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!
Genesis 2:24Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Deuteronomy 6:5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Psalm 136:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
Matthew 22:37-39And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
John 13:34-35A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 13:10Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
John 4:7-8A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)
Revelation 2:4But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.


A Story of Love in the Old Testament

Ruth 1:16-17But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”

A Story of Love in the New Testament

John 3:16“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.