Bible Verses About Love Is
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for love is, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 45,615 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Love Is
1 Corinthians 13:4-73,014 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:131,744 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 John 4:71,404 votes
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 John 4:191,217 votes
We love him, because he first loved us.
1 Corinthians 13:1-131,187 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.
John 13:341,166 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 3:161,142 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 Peter 4:81,050 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
John 15:13843 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Matthew 5:43-48819 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
1 John 4:18710 votes
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:20634 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?
Romans 13:10609 votes
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Galatians 5:22-23581 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1 Corinthians 13:4-5578 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
John 14:15570 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8566 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Proverbs 10:12552 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 Corinthians 16:14551 votes
Let all your things be done with charity.
Colossians 3:14529 votes
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Romans 5:8527 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ephesians 4:2486 votes
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
1 John 4:16473 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.
John 13:34-35460 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
1 John 3:1457 votes
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
What does the Bible say about love is?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 on the subject of love is. Across 45,615 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 John 4:7, 1 John 4:19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.