Bible Verses About Love and Relationships
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for love and relationships, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,346 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Love and Relationships
1 Corinthians 13:1-13425 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.
Galatians 5:22-23302 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1 John 4:16281 votes
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Romans 12:2227 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:9-11155 votes
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Romans 13:8-10152 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
John 13:34-35139 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Genesis 29:18-20138 votes
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Matthew 19:5123 votes
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Matthew 5:43-48112 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Mark 12:3195 votes
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Psalms 1:1-691 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
1 John 4:7-1291 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Matthew 22:37-4088 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Romans 12:1-287 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 13:164 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Deuteronomy 30:1662 votes
In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Ecclesiastes 4:961 votes
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
1 Corinthians 13:4-761 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Peter 4:859 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Ephesians 5:1-257 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
John 3:1656 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.
Isaiah 61:1-1155 votes
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
James 2:853 votes
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Proverbs 17:1750 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
What does the Bible say about love and relationships?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 on the subject of love and relationships. Across 5,346 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 5:22-23, 1 John 4:16, Romans 12:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.