The best Bible verses for love (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for love (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil."John 3:19
"This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil."John 3:19
"“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I."John 14:28
"About Benjamin he said: “Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.”"Deuteronomy 33:12
"No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God."John 16:27
"Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”"Luke 7:47
"Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,"Deuteronomy 28:54
"Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."Colossians 3:12
"The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”"Hosea 3:1
"Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble."1 John 2:10
"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."1 John 2:15
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV) 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 (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.