As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.

If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.

Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.

I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.

To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

If you love me, keep my commands.

However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him.

And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.