The love of God from the Bible

The Love of God From the Bible
Collated by Andrew Gore
Lev.19.18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself

Deut.6.5
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with al thy soul, and with al thy might.
Deut.10.12
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in al his
ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with al thy heart and with al thy soul,
Deut.11.1
Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and
his commandments, always.
Josh.22.5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged
you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in al his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave
unto him, and to serve him with al your heart and with al your soul.
Psa.18.2
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I wil trust; my
buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psa.18.3
I will cal upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shal I be saved from mine enemies.
Psa.31.23
O love the LORD, al ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentiful y rewardeth the proud
doer.
Psa.31.24
Be of good courage, and he shal strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psa.32.1
A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psa.32.2
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psa.32.3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring al the day long.
Psa.97.10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of
the wicked.
Psa.119.97
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation al the day.
Psa.119.113
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Psa.119.127
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Psa.119.163
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Psa.119.165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shal offend them.
Psa.119.167
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

Psa.145.20
The LORD preserveth al them that love him: but all the wicked wil he destroy.
Pro.1.22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate
knowledge?
Pro.8.36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Pro.10.12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth al sins.
Matt.5.43
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Matt.5.44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despiteful y use you, and persecute you;
Matt.5.45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and
on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matt.5.46
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Matt.19.19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt.22.37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with al thy soul, and with al thy
mind.
Matt.22.38
This is the first and great commandment.
Matt.22.39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt.22.40
On these two commandments hang al the law and the prophets.
Mark.12.30
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with al thy heart, and with al thy soul, and with al thy mind, and with al
thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark.12.31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other
commandment greater than these.
Mark.12.32
And the scribe said unto him, Wel , Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none
other but he:
Mark.12.33
And to love him with al the heart, and with al the understanding, and with al the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than al whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Mark.12.34
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of
God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Luke.6.27
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Luke.6.28
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despiteful y use you.
Luke.6.35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shal be great,
and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luke.6.36
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Luke.6.37
Judge not, and ye shal not be judged: condemn not, and ye shal not be condemned: forgive, and ye shal
be forgiven:
Luke.10.27
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with al thy soul, and with al
thy strength, and with al thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
John.8.42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God;
neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
John.10.17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
John.10.18
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
John.13.34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one
another.
John.13.35
By this shal al men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John.14.15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John.14.21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shal be
loved of my Father, and I wil love him, and wil manifest myself to him.
John.14.23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he wil keep my words: and my Father wil love him,
and we wil come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John.15.9
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John.15.10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shal abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments,
and abide in his love.
John.15.11
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be ful .
John.15.12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
John.15.13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John.15.14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John.15.15
Henceforth I cal you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have cal ed you
friends; for al things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
John.15.16
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 shal ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John.15.17
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
John.15.18
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

John.15.19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen
you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John.15.20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted
me, they wil also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they wil keep yours also.
John.15.21
But al these things wil they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
John.15.22
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
John.15.23
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John.15.24
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they
both seen and hated both me and my Father.
John.15.25
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfil ed that is written in their law, They hated me without a
cause.
John.15.26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I wil send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, he shal testify of me:
John.15.27
And ye also shal bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John.16.1
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
John.16.2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever kil eth you wil think that he
doeth God service.
John.16.3
And these things wil they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John.16.4
But these things have I told you, that when the time shal come, ye may remember that I told you of them.
And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
John.16.5
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
John.16.6
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath fil ed your heart.
John.16.7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter wil
not come unto you; but if I depart, I wil send him unto you.
John.16.8
And when he is come, he wil reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
John.16.9
Of sin, because they believe not on me;
John.16.13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he wil guide you into al truth: for he shal not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shal hear, that shall he speak: and he wil show you things to come.
John.17.26
And I have declared unto them thy name, and wil declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may
be in them, and I in them.
Rom.5.5
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us.
Rom.5.8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom.5.9
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shal be saved from wrath through him.

Rom.5.10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Rom.12.9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Rom.12.10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Rom.13.8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfil ed the law.
Rom.13.9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kil , Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Rom.13.10
Love worketh no il to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfil ing of the law.
1Cor.2.9
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.
Gal.5.22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal.5.23
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Eph.3.17
That Christ may dwel in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Eph.5.28
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph.5.33
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she
reverence her husband.
Eph.6.1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Eph.6.2
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Eph.6.3
That it may be wel with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Eph.6.4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord.
Psa.23.1
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shal not want.
Psa.23.2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the stil waters.
Psa.23.3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psa.23.4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I wil fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod
and thy staff they comfort me.
Psa.23.5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup
runneth over.
Psa.23.6
Surely goodness and mercy shall fol ow me all the days of my life: and I wil dwel in the house of the LORD
for ever. AMEN