35 Bible Verses About Love To Encourage You, Wherever You Are Right Now

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

— Proverbs 4:23, biblehub.com

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

— John 3:16, amazon.com

“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”

— Psalm 34:18, amazon.com

“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”

— John 15:12, biblestudytools.com

“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”

— 2 Timothy 1:7, buzzfeed.com

“Love one another with brotherly affection. Out do one another in showing honor.”

— Romans 12:10, whatchristianswanttoknow.com

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’”

— Mark 12:30, biblestudytools.com

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in His love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”

— 1 John 15:9-12, bible.com

“I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.”

— Ephesians 1:18, amazon.com

“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…”

— 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, biblegateway.com

“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.”

— John 13: 34-35, thoughtcatalog.com

“Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

— Luke 3:11, amazon.com

“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”

— Hebrews 13:2, amazon.com

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

— Psalm 73:26, amazon.com

“Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.”

— John 16:32, amazon.com

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

— 1 Peter 4:8, biblehub.com

“For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”

— Galatians 5:14, amazon.com

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

— Luke 6:31, biblestudytools.com

“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”

— Romans 12:9, biblestudytools.com

“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”

— Luke 6:35, biblestudytools.com

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”

— Ephesians 4:2, biblestudytools.com

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

— 1 John 4:7, biblestudytools.com

“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. We love because he first loved us.”

— 1 John 4:18-19, biblestudytools.com

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love,…”

— Colossians 3:12-14, whatchristianswanttoknow.com

“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”

— Proverbs 10:12, biblestudytools.com

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”

— 1 John 3:16, biblestudytools.com

“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

— 1 John 3:18, biblestudytools.com

“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

— 1 John 4:8, biblestudytools.com

“So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. I will pro…”

— Deuteronomy 11:13-15, biblestudytools.com

“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.’”

— Matthew 22:37-39, biblestudytools.com