Bible Verses About Love and Hate
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for love and hate, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,554 votes, led by Matthew 5:44. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Love and Hate
Matthew 5:44138 votes
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 despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Luke 6:27133 votes
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
1 John 4:8117 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1385 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 John 2:1575 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
John 3:1669 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John 3:1858 votes
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Psalms 97:1049 votes
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Leviticus 19:1745 votes
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
John 14:1544 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Proverbs 8:1338 votes
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
John 15:1635 votes
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 shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Romans 12:934 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
John 15:1333 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Matthew 5:4331 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Proverbs 11:1229 votes
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
1 John 5:1928 votes
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Leviticus 19:1825 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.
Proverbs 10:1224 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
John 17:924 votes
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Philippians 1:2921 votes
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
1 John 4:2021 votes
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
John 3:1920 votes
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 12:2520 votes
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 12:3120 votes
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
What does the Bible say about love and hate?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:44 on the subject of love and hate. Across 1,554 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:27, 1 John 4:8, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.