Bible Verses About Affection
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for affection, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 390 votes, led by John 13:34-35. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Affection
John 13:34-3549 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Romans 12:1040 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 13:8-1028 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Ephesians 4:31-3227 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
1 Corinthians 7:222 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Mark 12:3119 votes
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
James 4:117 votes
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
1 Corinthians 6:1815 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Colossians 3:915 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Ephesians 5:514 votes
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Psalms 133:113 votes
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Philippians 4:8-913 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
James 1:19-2013 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Leviticus 19:1812 votes
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.
Mark 12:28-3011 votes
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
James 1:111 votes
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
James 2:14-2411 votes
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Proverbs 11:310 votes
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Matthew 5:43-4810 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Luke 6:32-4210 votes
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Luke 16:1310 votes
No servant 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.
Philippians 2:2-810 votes
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
James 1:2610 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
What does the Bible say about affection?
Readers most often cite John 13:34-35 on the subject of affection. Across 390 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 12:10, Romans 13:8-10, Ephesians 4:31-32. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.