Romance

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; 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.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity 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 for it;

Let all your things be done with charity.

As the 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 virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

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

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, 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 spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

We love him, 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 thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. — read the full passage →

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence 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 dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

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 →

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. — read the full passage →

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: 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, as I have loved you.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: 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 to him.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; 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, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever 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 repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an 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 born of God, and knoweth God.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore 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, neither tempteth he any man:

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath 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 torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure 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 for it; — read the full passage →

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself 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 we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. — read the full passage →

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he 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 trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

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 thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. — read the full passage →

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord. — read the full passage →

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. — read the full passage →

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

Hereby perceive we the love of God, 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, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

Master, 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 patient waiting for Christ.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, — read the full passage →

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall 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 the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →