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Bible Verses About Love

Key Bible verses about love include Galatians 5:14, John 15:12 and John 15:17. Each verse is quoted below; open one to see the passages it cross-references.

For what the Bible teaches about love as a whole, read What Does the Bible Say About Love? Key Verses (2026).

Key Verses About Love (30)

1
Galatians 5:14

“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

2
John 15:12

“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.”

3
John 15:17

“These things I command you, that ye love one another.”

4
Luke 10:27

“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”

5
John 13:34

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”

6
1 John 3:16

“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”

7
Romans 13:9

“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

8
Mark 12:33

“And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

9
Romans 13:10

“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

10
Romans 13:8

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”

11
John 15:10

“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.”

12
Mark 12:31

“And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”

13
Sirach 27:18

“Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.”

14
Ephesians 5:2

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”

15
2 John 1:6

“And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.”

16
Deuteronomy 6:5

“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”

17
1 John 4:10

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

18
Matthew 22:39

“And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

19
1 John 4:7

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”

20
John 13:35

“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”

21
1 Thessalonians 4:9

“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.”

22
Leviticus 19:18

“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”

23
1 Peter 2:17

“Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”

24
1 Thessalonians 3:12

“And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:”

25
1 John 4:11

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”

26
Romans 12:9

“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”

27
John 15:9

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.”

28
1 Peter 1:22

“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:”

29
1 John 4:21

“And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”

30
Romans 12:10

“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”

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