- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (NIV)
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
- Song of Solomon 6:3 (NIV)
“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies.”
- 1 John 4:19 (NIV)
“We love because he first loved us.”
- Ephesians 4:2-3 (NIV)
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
- Proverbs 10:12 (NIV)
“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
- Colossians 3:14 (NIV)
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
- Romans 13:8 (NIV)
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”
- 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
- John 15:12 (NIV)
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
- 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)
“Do everything in love.”
- Romans 12:10 (NIV)
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
- 1 John 4:7 (NIV)
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
- Ephesians 5:2 (NIV)
“and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
- Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV)
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Proverbs 17:17 (NIV)
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
- Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
- Proverbs 30:18-19 (NIV)
“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12 (NIV)
“May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.”
- 1 John 4:18 (NIV)
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
- Song of Solomon 4:7 (NIV)
“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”
- Mark 12:31 (NIV)
“The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
- 1 John 3:18 (NIV)
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
- Colossians 3:19 (NIV)
“Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 (NIV)
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
- Romans 12:9 (NIV)
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”
- 1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
“Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
- Song of Solomon 8:7 (NIV)
“Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)
“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.”
- Romans 12:10 (NIV)
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”