Bible Verses About Love
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for love, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 114,164 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-86,269 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Leviticus 20:136,215 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
1 Corinthians 16:143,642 votes
Let all your things be done with charity.
Galatians 5:13-143,232 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
John 3:162,958 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 4:82,903 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 Peter 4:82,670 votes
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Colossians 3:142,444 votes
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Corinthians 13:132,204 votes
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
John 15:132,192 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 13:34-352,119 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 4:191,925 votes
We love him, because he first loved us.
Proverbs 10:121,696 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Mark 12:29-311,649 votes
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
1 John 4:181,639 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 4:71,586 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 Corinthians 13:1-131,500 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.
Romans 5:81,484 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Matthew 22:36-401,376 votes
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Ephesians 5:251,368 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 4:21,266 votes
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
John 14:151,232 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Proverbs 17:171,157 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
1 John 3:11,123 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.
Romans 13:81,087 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
What does the Bible say about love?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 on the subject of love. Across 114,164 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 20:13, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Galatians 5:13-14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.