Love is one of the clearest ways God reveals His heart to us. From the very beginning, Scripture shows that love is not just a feeling, it is a choice, a posture, and a way of living that reflects who God is. When life feels noisy, confusing, or heavy, the Word brings us back to what is true. We are loved deeply, called to love boldly, and invited to let love shape every part of our lives.
This collection of Bible verses about love is here to encourage you, strengthen your faith, and give you words to hold onto in every season. Whether you are praying for healing, building a marriage, navigating friendships, raising children, or learning how to love others well, these verses will help you return to God’s definition of love.
God’s Love for Us
These verses speak to God’s faithfulness, His compassion, and the steady kind of love that does not change when our circumstances change. If you ever need reassurance that you are seen, chosen, and held by God, start here.
John 3:16
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.
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
1 John 4:9-10
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Psalm 86:15
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
Jeremiah 31:3
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love, he will no longer rebuke you but will rejoice over you with singing.
Love in Marriage
Marriage is one of the most beautiful places where love is practiced daily. This section focuses on love that is patient, sacrificial, and rooted in commitment. These verses are perfect for couples who want to grow together, pray over their relationship, and build a home shaped by Christlike love.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:33
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Genesis 2:24
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.
Song of Solomon 8:7
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
1 Corinthians 7:3
The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
Love in Friendships
Friendship matters to God. The verses in this section highlight loyalty, encouragement, forgiveness, and the gift of walking with people who point you back to what is right. These Scriptures are helpful for strengthening friendships, healing conflict, and becoming the kind of friend who loves with wisdom and grace.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
1 Samuel 18:1
After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.
Job 6:14
Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Loving Children
Loving children well is both a calling and a responsibility. This section includes verses that guide parents, mentors, and caregivers to lead with gentleness, patience, and instruction rooted in God’s truth. It is also a beautiful reminder of how precious children are to the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”
Psalm 127:3
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
Isaiah 54:13
All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.
Matthew 19:14
Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'
Loving Each Other
This section is all about how we live out love within the Body of Christ and in everyday relationships. These verses call us to serve, forgive, show compassion, and choose unity. If you want practical Scripture on what love looks like in action, you will find it here.
John 13:34-35
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.
Romans 13:10
Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Galatians 5:14
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, 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.
Matthew 22:37-39
Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Galatians 6:2
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.
General Verses on Love
Some verses speak about love in a broad, powerful way that fits every season and every relationship. This section gathers Scriptures that define love, describe its fruit, and remind us what love should look like in our character and daily choices. These are the kind of verses you will want to save, reflect on, and return to often.
1 Corinthians 16:14
Do everything in love.
1 John 4:18
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.
Romans 8:38-39
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.
Psalm 136:26
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
2 Timothy 1:7
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
