Biblical References to Love

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  • Jeremiah 31:3
    The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
    Jeremiah 31:2-4 (in Context) Jeremiah 31 (Whole Chapter)
  • Lamentations 1:2
    She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
    Lamentations 1:1-3 (in Context) Lamentations 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Lamentations 1:19
    I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
    Lamentations 1:18-20 (in Context) Lamentations 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 16:8
    Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
    Ezekiel 16:7-9 (in Context) Ezekiel 16 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 16:33
    They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
    Ezekiel 16:32-34 (in Context) Ezekiel 16 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 16:36
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
    Ezekiel 16:35-37 (in Context) Ezekiel 16 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 16:37
    Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
    Ezekiel 16:36-38 (in Context) Ezekiel 16 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 23:5
    And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
    Ezekiel 23:4-6 (in Context) Ezekiel 23 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 23:9
    Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
    Ezekiel 23:8-10 (in Context) Ezekiel 23 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 23:11
    And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
    Ezekiel 23:10-12 (in Context) Ezekiel 23 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 23:17
    And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
    Ezekiel 23:16-18 (in Context) Ezekiel 23 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 23:22
    Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
    Ezekiel 23:21-23 (in Context) Ezekiel 23 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 33:31
    And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
    Ezekiel 33:30-32 (in Context) Ezekiel 33 (Whole Chapter)
  • Ezekiel 33:32
    And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
    Ezekiel 33:31-33 (in Context) Ezekiel 33 (Whole Chapter)
  • Daniel 1:9
    Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
    Daniel 1:8-10 (in Context) Daniel 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Daniel 9:4
    And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
    Daniel 9:3-5 (in Context) Daniel 9 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 2:5
    For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
    Hosea 2:4-6 (in Context) Hosea 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 2:7
    And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
    Hosea 2:6-8 (in Context) Hosea 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 2:10
    And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
    Hosea 2:9-11 (in Context) Hosea 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 2:12
    And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
    Hosea 2:11-13 (in Context) Hosea 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 2:13
    And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
    Hosea 2:12-14 (in Context) Hosea 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 3:1
    Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
    Hosea 3:1-3 (in Context) Hosea 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 4:18
    Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
    Hosea 4:17-19 (in Context) Hosea 4 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 8:9
    For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
    Hosea 8:8-10 (in Context) Hosea 8 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 9:1
    Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
    Hosea 9:1-3 (in Context) Hosea 9 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 9:10
    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
    Hosea 9:9-11 (in Context) Hosea 9 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 9:15
    All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
    Hosea 9:14-16 (in Context) Hosea 9 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 10:11
    And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
    Hosea 10:10-12 (in Context) Hosea 10 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 11:1
    When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
    Hosea 11:1-3 (in Context) Hosea 11 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 11:4
    I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
    Hosea 11:3-5 (in Context) Hosea 11 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 12:7
    He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
    Hosea 12:6-8 (in Context) Hosea 12 (Whole Chapter)
  • Hosea 14:4
    I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
    Hosea 14:3-5 (in Context) Hosea 14 (Whole Chapter)
  • Amos 5:15
    Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
    Amos 5:14-16 (in Context) Amos 5 (Whole Chapter)
  • Micah 3:2
    Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
    Micah 3:1-3 (in Context) Micah 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • Micah 6:8
    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
    Micah 6:7-9 (in Context) Micah 6 (Whole Chapter)
  • Zephaniah 3:17
    The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
    Zephaniah 3:16-18 (in Context) Zephaniah 3 (Whole Chapter)
  • Zechariah 8:17
    And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
    Zechariah 8:16-18 (in Context) Zechariah 8 (Whole Chapter)
  • Zechariah 8:19
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
    Zechariah 8:18-20 (in Context) Zechariah 8 (Whole Chapter)
  • Malachi 1:2
    I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
    Malachi 1:1-3 (in Context) Malachi 1 (Whole Chapter)
  • Malachi 2:11
    Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
    Malachi 2:10-12 (in Context) Malachi 2 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 5:43
    Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
    Matthew 5:42-44 (in Context) Matthew 5 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 5:44
    But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
    Matthew 5:43-45 (in Context) Matthew 5 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 5:46
    For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
    Matthew 5:45-47 (in Context) Matthew 5 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 6:5
    And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
    Matthew 6:4-6 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 6:24
    No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
    Matthew 6:23-25 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 10:37
    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
    Matthew 10:36-38 (in Context) Matthew 10 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 19:19
    Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
    Matthew 19:18-20 (in Context) Matthew 19 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 22:37
    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
    Matthew 22:36-38 (in Context) Matthew 22 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 22:39
    And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
    Matthew 22:38-40 (in Context) Matthew 22 (Whole Chapter)
  • Matthew 23:6
    And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
    Matthew 23:5-7 (in Context) Matthew 23 (Whole Chapter)

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