75 Bible Verses About Love You Need To Read Today

There are Bible verses about love spread all through the story of Scripture. Love is a major theme in the Bible. Not just God’s love for us, but our love for Him and others.

All throughout the Bible, we are reminded of the indescribable depth of God’s love for us.

I have gathered 75 Bible verses about love from all of the Bible to encourage you and remind you of how loved you are by God and what He says about loving others.

How to Use These Bible Verses About Love

• Use them for Scripture Writing. Choose a few to write out.
• Use them for Verse Mapping. Choose a few that stand out to you and dig into them deeper.
• Pick a few to memorize.
• Write them out on Post-It Notes and place them around your house.
• Put them in Canva and share them on social media.
• Use them to send to a friend to encourage them.
• Put them in your kids Valentine’s Day cards for school.

Bible Verses About God’s Love for Us

These Bible verses beautifully reveal the depth and boundless nature of God’s love for us. From the ultimate sacrifice of Christ in John 3:16 to the unwavering promises in Romans 8:38-39, the Scriptures show that God’s love is everlasting, sacrificial, and unshakeable. His love is not only a source of salvation, but also a constant presence that surrounds and sustains us.

Through these verses we are reminded that nothing is bigger than God’s love for us.

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.”

Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

1 John 4:9-10
“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

Ephesians 2:4-5
“But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”

Jeremiah 31:3
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.”

1 John 4:16
“So we have come to know and to believe the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”

Romans 8:38-39
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

Isaiah 54:10
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”

Romans 8:31-32
“What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?”

Isaiah 49:15-16
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”

Titus 3:4-5
“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”

John 16:27
“No, the Father Himself loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.”

Romans 5:7-8
“Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

1 John 3:16
“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.”

Romans 8:35
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?”

Psalm 136:26
“Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.”

Ephesians 3:17-19
“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”

Psalm 63:3
“Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.”

Bible Verses About Our Love for God

Matthew 22:37-38
“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.”

Deuteronomy 6:5
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”

John 14:15
“If you love Me, keep my commands.”

Mark 12:30
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”

1 John 4:19
“We love because He first loved us.”

John 15:12-13
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

Deuteronomy 10:12
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to Him, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul?”

1 Corinthians 8:3
“But whoever loves God is known by God.”

Psalm 18:1
“I love you, Lord, my strength.”

1 John 5:3
“In fact, this is love for God: to keep His commands. And His commands are not burdensome.”

Matthew 10:37
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.”

Luke 10:27
“He answered: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Bible Verses About Love for Others

The Bible calls us to love God with our whole being—heart, soul, mind, and strength. These Scriptures remind us that our love for God is not just an emotion but a devotion that manifests in our actions, choices, and relationship with Him. Loving God is not just about feeling affection, but also about following His commands and putting Him first in every aspect of life.

Matthew 22:39
“And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

1 John 4:7
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

John 13:34-35
“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.”

Romans 13:10
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

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.”

Luke 6:27-28
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”

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

Romans 12:10
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

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

Luke 10:36-37
“‘Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?’ The expert in the law replied, ‘The one who had mercy on him.’ Jesus told him, ‘Go and do likewise.’”

Romans 13:8
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”

John 15:17
“This is my command: Love each other.”

1 Corinthians 16:14
“Do everything in love.”

1 John 3:14
“We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.”

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.”

1 John 4:21
“And He has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.”

1 John 2:9-11
“Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.”

Matthew 7:12
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

Ephesians 5:2
“And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”

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

James 2:8
“If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right.”

1 Thessalonians 4:9
“Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.”

Romans 12:13
“Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.”

Galatians 6:2
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

Philippians 2:3-4
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

Hebrews 13:1-2
“Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

Matthew 5:44-46
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”

Bible Verses About Love as a Virtue

Love is not just an emotion—it’s a powerful virtue that shapes the character of a believer. True love goes beyond feelings; it shapes our actions, attitudes, and interactions with others, reflecting the very nature of God Himself.

The more we draw close to God, who is love, the more we will show and experience love in our daily lives.

Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“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. Love never fails.”

1 John 4:7-8
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

1 Corinthians 13:13
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

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

1 Corinthians 13:1-3
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have 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 do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”

Romans 12:9
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”

1 Peter 1:22
“Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.”

I pray these verses bless you!

Your Sister in Christ,