Sunday, December 6, 2009

Love - Verses from the Bible

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.


1 Corinthians 13:1-8a and 13
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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.

Love never fails....And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.


Ephesians 5:33
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.


Song of Solomon 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.


Song of Solomon 2:16
My lover is mine, and I am his.


Song of Solomon 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 unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.


Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.


1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.


1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.


1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is 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.


Song of Solomon 8:7
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.


John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.


Proverbs 5:19
A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.


Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.


Proverbs 13:24
Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.


Proverbs 17:9
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.




(New International Version)