Topic

Lack Of Love

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1 Peter 4:8

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Corinthians 13:1–3

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:8

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Matthew 24:12

Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

1 John 4:20

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:17

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

John 13:34–35

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

Revelation 2:4–5

But I have this against you, that you left your first love. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:7–8

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:10

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

2 Timothy 3:1–5

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:16

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

1 John 2:9–11

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Matthew 22:37–39

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

James 2:15–16

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

1 Corinthians 13:4–8

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

John 3:16

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

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Romans 12:9–10

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

2 Timothy 2:24–25

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 1:5

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

1 John 3:18

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Revelation 2:4

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

Colossians 3:14

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Luke 11:42

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

1 John 3:17–18

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all that you do be done in love.

Luke 10:27

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 3:16

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

James 2:14–17

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

Romans 5:8

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 3:1

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

John 15:12

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

John 15:12–13

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:27–36

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Matthew 22:37–40

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

Proverbs 3:3–4

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:4–5

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Ephesians 5:2

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

1 John 4:19–21

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

James 2:8

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Galatians 5:22–23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Proverbs 31:10–12

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

1 John 4:19

We love him, because he first loved us.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

Ephesians 4:15

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

1 Corinthians 13:7

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:6

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:2

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

1 Peter 3:7–12

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

John 13:35

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Luke 6:27–35

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:43–48

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

Psalms 119:1–176

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

Leviticus 19:18

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

1 John 4:20–21

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? — read the full passage →

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

1 Timothy 4:1–2

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

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 also do toward you,

Colossians 3:12–14

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:1–29

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Galatians 5:13–14

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. — read the full passage →

Romans 5:5

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Luke 10:30–37

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

Luke 10:25–37

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

Luke 6:27–28

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

Luke 6:27–31

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:43–44

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

Zephaniah 3:17

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Romans 8:24–25

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? — read the full passage →

John 13:1

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

Matthew 6:34

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

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