God loves His people and He demands us to love one another the same way we love ourselves.
And that is why in this article, we have compiled a list of bible verses about love, relationships, and marriage for you to share and spread the love.
If you were looking for scriptures about God’s love, God’s commandments about loving one another, or inspiration for your marriage or relationship, we’ve got you covered.
In this article you will find:
The verses in this article are adapted from the New International Version, Holman Christian Standard Bible, and the New Living Translation.
Bible Verses About Love
1. John 15:12 “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
2. 1 John 4:8 “The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love – so you can’t know him if you don’t love.”
3. Colossians 3:14 “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
4. 1 Chronicles 16:34 “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.”
5. 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.”
6. 1 Corinthians 16:14 “Let all that you do be done in love.”
7. 1 Corinthians 13:13 “Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.”
8. 1 Peter 4:8 “Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.”
9. 1 John 4:7 “My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God.”
10. 1 Corinthians 13:2 “If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.”
11. 1 John 4:19 “We love because He first loved us.”
12. 1 John 4:21 “The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.”
13. 1 John 4:16-18 “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 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.”
14. Ephesians 3:16-17 “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.”
15. Proverbs 3:3-4 “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.”
16. 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.”
17. Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
18. Luke 6:31 “Do to others as you would like them to do to you.”
19. Proverbs 10:12 “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
20. Proverbs 17:9 “Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.”
Bible Verses About Marriage
21. Galatians 5:14 “For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
22. 1 Timothy 1:5 “Now the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.”
23. Romans 12: 9-10 “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
24. 2 Thessalonians 3:5 “May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.”
25. Job 6:14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”
26. Ephesians 4:2-3 “Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.”
27. Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.”
28. 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.”
29. John 15:9-10 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.”
30. 1 John 3:1 “Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.”
31. Ephesians 5:25-29 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church.”
32. Song of Songs 8:6 “Place 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.”
33. Proverbs 21:21 “Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honor.”
34. Ephesians 5:2 “Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.”
35. 1 John 3:11 “This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.”
36. 1 John 4:11 “Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.”
37. 1 John 4:20 “Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.”
38. Song of Solomon 8:3 “Imagine! His left hand cradling my head, his right arm around my waist!”
39. John 13:34 “I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another.”
40. Isaiah 43:4 “Because you are precious in My sight and honored, and I love you, I will give human beings in your place, and peoples in place of your life.”
Scriptures About Relationships
41. John 14:15 “If you love me, obey my commandments.”
42. Psalm 86:5 “You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.”
43. Galatians 5:14 “For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
44. Romans 8:28 “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.”
45. Psalm 33:5 “The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.”
46. 1 John 3:16 “This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves.”
47. Matthew 22:39 “The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
48. John 15:10 “If you keep My commands you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love.”
49. Mark 10:9 “Let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
50. Genesis 2:24 “This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.”
51. Ephesians 5:33 “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
52. Romans 13:8 “Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.”
53. Psalm 143:8 “Let me experience Your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in You. Reveal to me the way I should go, because I long for You.”
54. Ecclesiastes 4:9 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.”
55. Song of Solomon 3:4 “No sooner had I left them than I found him, found my dear lost love. I threw my arms around him and held him tight, wouldn’t let him go until I had him home again, safe at home beside the fire.”
