The best Bible verses for love (KJV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for love (KJV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"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 3:19
"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 3:19
"Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I."John 14:28
"And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders."Deuteronomy 33:12
"For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God."John 16:27
"Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little."Luke 7:47
"So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:"Deuteronomy 28:54
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"Colossians 3:12
"Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. of"Hosea 3:1
"He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him."1 John 2:10
"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."1 John 2:15
"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 4:7
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for love (KJV) are John 3:19, John 14:28, John 15:9. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to love (KJV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for love (KJV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.