101 Bible Verses on Love: God’s Word for Every Season of Life

Love is at the very center of Scripture. From the opening pages of Genesis to the final words of Revelation, we see God’s love for His people—and His call for us to love Him and others in return. 🌿

But love can be complicated in today’s world. 💔 Some days it feels like love is in abundance; other days, it feels scarce. That’s why we need to return to the Word of God—the ultimate love letter to humanity. 📖

In this guide, you’ll find 101 Bible verses on love, organized into sections that touch every part of life: God’s love for us ❤️, romantic love 💑, family 👨‍👩‍👧, friendship 🤝, forgiveness 🙏, and even how to love yourself 🌸.

Each section ends with a Related HolyJot Bible Study Plan—so you can dive deeper into Scripture, prayer, and reflection.

Grab your Bible, maybe a journal 📓, and let’s explore what God says about love!

🌟 Section 1: God’s Unconditional Love for Us

God’s love is unfailing, unchanging, and unshakable. It’s the foundation for all other love in our lives. These verses remind us that His love is eternal and secure.

1. John 3:16 ✝️ – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son.
2. Romans 5:8 ❤️ – While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
3. 1 John 4:9 🌍 – This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His Son…
4. Psalm 136:26 🙌 – His love endures forever.
5. Zephaniah 3:17 🎶 – He rejoices over you with singing.
6. Romans 8:38-39 🔥 – Nothing can separate us from God’s love.
7. Ephesians 2:4-5  🌈 – Because of His great love for us…
8. 1 John 3:1 👑 – See what great love the Father has lavished on us.
9. Jeremiah 31:3 🌸 – I have loved you with an everlasting love.
10. Psalm 103:11 🌌 – As high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love.

✨ Reflection: When others walk away, God stays. His love doesn’t fluctuate with your performance, emotions, or circumstances—it’s eternal.

💡 Related Study:When He Walks Away: Finding Stability in God’s Unchanging Love – A 7-day journey into God’s steadfast love.

💑 Section 2: Romantic Love & Marriage

Romantic love is a gift from God, designed to reflect His covenant with us. These verses show what healthy, sacrificial love looks like in marriage.

1. Song of Solomon 8:7 💕 – Many waters cannot quench love.
2. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 🌹 – Love is patient, love is kind…
3. Genesis 2:24 👫 – A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife.
4. Ephesians 5:25 💍 – Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church.
5. Proverbs 18:22 🌸 – He who finds a wife finds what is good.
6. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 🤝 – Two are better than one… if either falls, one can help the other up.
7. Song of Solomon 2:16 🌹 – My beloved is mine and I am his.
8. Ruth 1:16 💕 – Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay.
9. Colossians 3:14  🌟 – Put on love, which binds everything together.
10. Malachi 2:14 ✝️ – The Lord is witness between you and the wife of your youth.

✨ Reflection: Marriage thrives not on fleeting feelings but on covenant commitment. God’s Word teaches us how to love sacrificially, forgive quickly, and cherish deeply.

💡 Related Study: Forging a Strong Marriage: A 7-Day Bible Study Plan – Daily devotionals for couples to strengthen their bond in Christ.

👨‍👩‍👧 Section 3: Family & Parenting Love

God places us in families to nurture, guide, and love one another. Parents, children, and grandparents all reflect aspects of God’s love.

1. Proverbs 22:6 👶 – Train up a child in the way he should go.
2. Exodus 20:12 👵 – Honor your father and mother.
3. Psalm 127:3 🌸 – Children are a heritage from the Lord.
4. Ephesians 6:1 👧 – Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
5. Proverbs 1:8-9 🌿 – Listen to your father’s instruction and mother’s teaching.
6. Colossians 3:21  ⚖️ – Fathers, do not embitter your children.
7. 1 Timothy 5:8 🏡 – Anyone who does not provide for their relatives…
8. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 📖 – Impress God’s commands on your children.
9. Psalm 103:13 💕 – As a father has compassion, so the Lord has compassion.
10. 3 John 1:4 🌈 – I have no greater joy than to hear my children walk in truth.

✨ Reflection: Family love is often messy but holy. Every bedtime prayer, every lesson taught, every sacrifice reflects God’s love for His children.

💡 Related Study: Supporting Your Daughter Through Anxiety: A 7-Day Journey – A compassionate guide for mothers walking with their daughters through fear.

🤝 Section 4: Friendship & Community Love

God designed us for community. True friendship reflects loyalty, encouragement, and sacrificial love.

1. Proverbs 17:17 💕 – A friend loves at all times.
2. John 15:13 ✝️ – Greater love has no one than this…
3. Ecclesiastes 4:12 🛡️ – A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
4. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 🌟 – Encourage one another and build each other up.
5. Proverbs 27:9 🌸 – The sweetness of a friend comes from earnest counsel.
6. Job 6:14 🕊️ – Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend…
7. Romans 12:10 🤗 – Be devoted to one another in love.
8. Proverbs 27:17 ⚔️ – Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
9. Colossians 3:16  🎶 – Teach and admonish one another with wisdom…
10. Hebrews 10:24-25 🏠 – Spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

✨ Reflection: Friendship is more than casual connection—it’s spiritual sharpening, encouragement, and love that lifts burdens.

💡 Related Study: Embracing God’s Design: Women Supporting Women – Discover the joy of sisterhood rooted in Scripture.

🙏 Section 5: Love & Forgiveness

Love and forgiveness are inseparable. To love as Christ loves means to forgive as Christ forgives.

1. Colossians 3:13  🤲 – Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
2. Matthew 6:14-15  🙏 – If you forgive others, your Father will forgive you.
3. 1 Peter 4:8 ❤️ – Love covers a multitude of sins.
4. Luke 6:37 🕊️ – Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
5. Ephesians 4:32 🌸 – Be kind, compassionate, forgiving one another.
6. Matthew 18:21-22 ✝️ – Seventy times seven times.
7. 2 Corinthians 2:7-8 💕 – Forgive and comfort them, so they won’t be overwhelmed.
8. Proverbs 17:9 🌿 – Whoever forgives fosters love.
9. Micah 7:18 🌟 – You do not stay angry forever but delight in mercy.
10. Psalm 86:5 🙌 – You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love.

✨ Reflection: Forgiveness doesn’t excuse hurt—it releases you into freedom. Love is never fuller than when it forgives.

💡 Related Study:Marriage Rekindled: Prioritizing Love Amid Life’s Demands – Learn to rebuild intimacy through forgiveness and grace.

🌸 Section 6: Self-Worth & Identity in Christ

Many women struggle with loving themselves. But Scripture shows us we are fearfully and wonderfully made—worthy of love because we are loved by God.

1. Psalm 139:13-14  🌷 – Fearfully and wonderfully made.
2. Ephesians 2:10 🎨 – We are God’s masterpiece.
3. Jeremiah 29:11 🌈 – Plans to prosper you, not harm you.
4. Romans 8:15 👑 – The Spirit brought about your adoption as children of God.
5. Isaiah 43:4 💕 – You are precious and honored in my sight… and I love you.
6. Galatians 2:20 ✝️ – I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me.
7. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 🕊️ – Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
8. 1 Peter 2:9 🌟 – You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood.
9. Deuteronomy 7:9  🙌 – He keeps His covenant of love to a thousand generations.
10. Song of Solomon 4:7 🌹 – You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.

✨ Reflection: Learning to love yourself isn’t selfish—it’s agreeing with God’s truth about you. You are His masterpiece.

💡 Related Study:Loved by God: Journey of Faith and Love for Women – A 30-day plan to embrace your identity in Christ’s love.

💔 Section 7: Healing from Heartbreak

God doesn’t promise us a life without pain, but He promises to heal the brokenhearted. These verses remind us He is close in our suffering.

1. Psalm 147:3 💔 – He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
2. Isaiah 61:3 🌹 – He gives beauty for ashes.
3. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 🕊️ – The God of all comfort… comforts us in all our troubles.
4. Psalm 34:18 🌿 – The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.
5. Revelation 21:4  🌈 – He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
6. John 16:33 ✝️ – In this world you will have trouble, but take heart—I have overcome the world.
7. Psalm 55:22 🙌 – Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you.
8. Matthew 11:28 🌸 – Come to Me, all who are weary… and I will give you rest.
9. Nahum 1:7 🛡️ – The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble.
10. Lamentations 3:22-23 🌅 – His mercies are new every morning.

✨ Reflection: God is not far from your tears. He is closest in the moments you feel most abandoned. His love is the salve for every heartbreak.

💡 Related Study: Beauty from Abandonment: Letting God Rewrite Your Story – A study for those healing from rejection and loss.

🌍 Section 8: Love in Action (Serving Others)

Love is not passive—it’s active. These verses call us to serve others with humility and compassion.

1. Galatians 5:13 🤲 – Serve one another humbly in love.
2. Matthew 22:39 ✝️ – Love your neighbor as yourself.
3. James 1:27 🌸 – Look after orphans and widows in their distress.
4. Philippians 2:4  🤝 – Look not only to your own interests but to the interests of others.
5. Hebrews 13:16 🌟 – Do good and share with others, for such sacrifices please God.
6. 1 John 3:18 ❤️ – Let us not love with words but with actions and truth.
7. Luke 6:35 🕊️ – Love your enemies, do good to them…
8. Micah 6:8 🌿 – Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God.
9. Proverbs 19:17 🌈 – Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord.
10. Matthew 25:40 👑 – Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for Me.

✨ Reflection: Real love looks like rolled-up sleeves—helping, serving, and giving without expecting in return.

💡 Related Study:Poured Out, Still Standing: A Bible Study for Women Caregivers – Encouragement for women who love through service.

🌈 Section 9: Eternal & Lasting Love

Finally, God’s love is not temporary—it’s eternal. These verses anchor us in His promise that His love never fades.

1. Romans 8:35 ❤️ – Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
2. 1 Corinthians 16:14 🌸 – Do everything in love.
3. Psalm 100:5 🌿 – His love endures forever.
4. Isaiah 54:10 🕊️ – My unfailing love for you will not be shaken.
5. 1 John 4:16 ✝️ – God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God.
6. Psalm 117:2 🌟 – The faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
7. 2 Thessalonians 3:5 🙌 – May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love.
8. Jude 1:21 👑 – Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for Christ.
9. Psalm 33:5 🌈 – The earth is full of His unfailing love.
10. Revelation 21:3-4 🌹 – He will dwell with them, and they will be His people.

💡 Related Study:God’s Perfect Love in the Midst of Fear – A 21-day journey into fearless living through God’s love.

✨ Conclusion: Living a Life of Love

Love is more than a warm feeling—it’s the very essence of God’s character. 💕 These 101 verses remind us that love is sacrificial, unconditional, and eternal.

Whether you are healing from heartbreak 💔, building your marriage 💑, raising children 👨‍👩‍👧, or seeking peace 🌸, the Word of God offers direction and comfort.

👉 Don’t stop at reading—step into these truths with a HolyJot Bible Study Plan and let God’s love transform your heart and life.

🌟 Remember: “The greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13) ✝️❤️