At Compassion, God’s Word guides our work every single day. His Word tells us to love him and love others, so we do just that by caring for children living in poverty. You can live a life of love too by understanding what the Bible says about love. Let’s dive in!
All Scriptures written in NIV unless otherwise noted.
10 Bible Verses About God’s Love for Us
It’s often said that the Bible is God’s love letter to us. The Bible is chock-full of verses that help us understand how much God loves us. And grasping how much we are loved by God opens our hearts to reciprocate that love and share it with others around us.
1. Psalm 143:8
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.
2. 1 John 4:16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
3. Isaiah 49:15-16
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”
4. 2 Thessalonians 3:5
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
5. John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
6. Isaiah 43:4
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.
7. 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! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
8. 1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9. 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.
10. Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
10 Bible Verses About Our Love for God
Loving God is a natural result of understanding his love for us. Love for God stems from being in awe of who he is and what he’s done, being grateful to him for his love, protection and faithfulness.
1. 1 Corinthians 2:9
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him.
2. 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.
3. Mark 12:30
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
4. Psalm 116:1-2
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
5. John 14:21
“Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
6. John 14:15
“If you love me, keep my commands.”
7. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
8. John 14:23
Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”
9. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
10. Luke 10:27
He answered, “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
8 Bible Verses About Our Love for Others
The Bible says that we should love our neighbors as ourselves (Luke 10:27). And this means everyone! Sometimes, we don’t even like those we’re called to love. But loving others is an opportunity to extend grace, obey God and share the love of Jesus that has filled our own hearts.
1. 1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
2. John 15:12
“My command is this: Love each other has I have loved you.”
3. Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
4. Ephesians 4:2-3
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 bonds of peace.
5. 1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
6. 1 John 4:20
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
7. Proverbs 31:8
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
8. 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.
The Love Chapter: 1 Corinthians 13
Our list of Bible verses about love wouldn’t be complete without one of the most famous passages of Scripture. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul outlines the value of love and just how powerful it can be. Without love, we’re nothing.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging symbol. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. — 1 Corinthians 13:1-2, NIV
But what does love look like? 1 Corinthians also gives us an illustration of what it looks like to show love to those around us.
Love it 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. — 1 Corinthians 13:4-6, NIV
