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Romance
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Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
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 →
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.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
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 →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Let all that ye do be done in love.
As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — 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!
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies.
We love, because he first loved us.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
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 →
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — 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.
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.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →
Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
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.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
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 as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. — read the full passage →
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — 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.
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.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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.
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:
prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — 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.
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.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →
But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. — 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.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked. — read the full passage →
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah. — read the full passage →
And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
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,
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.
and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. — read the full passage →
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →
Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. — read the full passage →
Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: — read the full passage →
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? — read the full passage →
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, — read the full passage →
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: — read the full passage →
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