Use these 50 Bible verses about love to see what Scripture says about God’s love for you, love in marriage, loving your kids, love in friendship, and more.
I’ve been thinking a lot about love lately—how God shows us His love, how we’re called to love others, and what it really looks like in the everyday moments of life. It’s incredible how the Bible is packed with verses that remind us of just how deeply we’re loved and how we can reflect that love in every relationship.
Often, we don’t feel it, especially if our insecurities have been kicked up (something I’m very familiar with after my 100-pound weight loss journey and past experience in an emotionally abusive marriage).
But not feeling loved doesn’t make God’s love for you any less true.
It’s a choice to believe God’s Word is true…not just about others, but about you, too!
Soak the verses below up for exactly what they are – Truth.
Each one is a reminder of God’s heart for us and His design for love in every area of life—marriage, friendships, family, and beyond.
Whether you need encouragement, inspiration, or a fresh reminder of His compassion, I pray these words will fill your heart and renew your mind.
50 Bible Verses About Love
Here are 50 Bible verses about love (from the NIV version).

Printable Bible Verses
God’s Love for Us
- John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
- Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
- 1 John 3:1 – “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”
- 1 John 4:9-10 – “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
- Psalm 86:15 – “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
- Jeremiah 31:3 – “The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’
- Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love, he will no longer rebuke you but will rejoice over you with singing.”
Love in Marriage
- Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
- Ephesians 5:33 – “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
- Colossians 3:19 – “Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”
- Genesis 2:24 – “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
- Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
- Song of Solomon 8:7 – “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 7:3 – “The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.”
Love in Friendships
- Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
- John 15:13 – “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”
- Proverbs 27:17 – “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
- 1 Samuel 18:1 – “After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.”
- Job 6:14 – “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”
- Romans 12:10 – “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
Loving Children
- Proverbs 22:6 – “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”
- Psalm 127:3 – “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”
- Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
- Colossians 3:21 – “Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
- Isaiah 54:13 – “All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.”
- Matthew 19:14 – “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'”
Loving Each Other
- John 13:34-35 – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.”
- Romans 13:10 – “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
- Galatians 5:14 – “For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”
- 1 John 4:7 – “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
- 1 Peter 4:8 – “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
- Colossians 3:14 – “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
- Hebrews 10:24 – “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – “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.”
- Matthew 22:37-39 – “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.'”
- Galatians 6:2 – “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
- Philippians 2:3-4 – “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12 – “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.”
- Proverbs 10:12 – “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
General Verses on Love
- 1 Corinthians 16:14 – “Do everything in love.”
- 1 John 4:18 – “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.”
- Romans 8:38-39 – “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
- Psalm 136:26 – “Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.”
- Micah 6:8 – “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14 – “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.”
- Matthew 5:44 – “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
- Luke 6:31 – “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
- 2 Timothy 1:7 – “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
- Jude 1:21 – “Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”