God’s love is the foundation of our faith, the heart of the gospel, and the greatest gift ever given. It is steadfast, unchanging, and unconditional a love that reaches us in our darkest valleys and lifts us to the highest peaks. Here are 40 powerful scriptures of God’s love.
1. Exodus 34:6
“The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
2. Deuteronomy 7:9
“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.”
3. Deuteronomy 10:15
“Yet the Lord set His affection on your ancestors and loved them, and He chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.”
4. 1 Chronicles 16:34
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.”
5. Psalm 5:7
“But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.”
6. Psalm 13:5
“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.”
7. Psalm 23:6
“Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
8. Psalm 31:7
“I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.”
9. Psalm 33:5
“The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His unfailing love.”
10. Psalm 36:7
“How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.”
11. Psalm 86:15
“But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
12. Psalm 103:11
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him.”
13. Psalm 136:26
“Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.”
14. Isaiah 54:10
“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.
15. Jeremiah 31:3
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”
16. Hosea 11:4
“I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.”
17. Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
18. Matthew 5:44–45
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.”
19. Matthew 22:37–39
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ … ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
20. John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
21. John 13:34–35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
22. John 15:9
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.”
23. John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
24. Romans 5:5
“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.”
25. Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
26. Romans 8:37–39
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us… [nothing] will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
27. Romans 13:10
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
28. 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud…”
29. 1 Corinthians 13:13
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
30. Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…”
31. Ephesians 2:4–5
“But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
32. Ephesians 3:17–19
“…And I pray that you… grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.”
33. Ephesians 5:1–2
“Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us…”
34. Colossians 3:14
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
35. 1 Thessalonians 3:12
“May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else…”
36. 2 Thessalonians 3:5
“May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.”
37. 2 Timothy 1:7
“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
38. 1 John 3:1
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”
39. 1 John 4:9–10
“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world… This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us…”
40. 1 John 4:16
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”