Topic
Looking For Love
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But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Let all that ye do be done in love.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →
There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
We love, because he first loved us.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. — read the full passage →
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. — read the full passage →
Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →
Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; — read the full passage →
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. — read the full passage →
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →
And 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 have not love, I am nothing.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →
Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →
Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →
But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
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;
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; — read the full passage →
But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →
Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: — read the full passage →
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. — read the full passage →
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.