Loving Yourself

Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

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.

Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

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 →

We love, because he first loved us.

But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. — read the full passage →

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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

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 →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

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.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

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

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Let all that ye do be done in love.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

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 →

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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 →

How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. — read the full passage →

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. — read the full passage →

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.

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

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.

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.

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 →

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

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

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. — read the full passage →

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.

The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

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

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — 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 →

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.

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 →

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →

For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. — read the full passage →

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →