MEDITATIONS ON LOVE

1. But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those[a] who love me and obey my commands. (Ex.20: 6)

2. Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power. (Dt. 4:37)

3. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Dt.6: 5, 6)

4. “The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live! (Dt.30: 6)

5. For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy. (Dt.30: 16)

6. You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”(Dt.30: 20)

7. Indeed, he loves his people; all his holy ones are in his hands. They follow in his steps and accept his teaching.(Dt.33: 3)

8. So be very careful to love the Lord your God. (Jos. 23:11)

9. "But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” (Judg.5: 31)

10. “O Lord, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands, (Neh. 1:5)

11. But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; et them sing joyful praises forever.
Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be filled with joy.(Ps.5: 11)

12. For the righteous Lord loves justice. For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.(Ps. 11:7; 2. Cor. 5:21)


13. I love your sanctuary, Lord, the place where your glorious presence dwells. (Ps. 26:8)

14. I love you, Lord; you are my strength. (Ps. 18:1)

15. Love the Lord, all you godly ones! For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant. (Ps. 31:23)

16. He loves whatever is just and good; the unfailing love of the Lord fills the earth. (Ps. 33:5)

17. But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “The Lord is great!” (Ps.40: 16; 70:4)

18. You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his godly people and rescues them from the power of the wicked. (Ps.97: 10)

19. How I delight in your commands! How I love them! I honor and love your commands.
I meditate on your decrees. (Ps. 119:47, 48)

20. Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long. (Ps.119: 97)

21. I hate those with divided loyalties, but I love your instructions. (Ps. 119:113)

22. Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold. (Ps.119: 127)

23. Come and show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your name. (Ps. 119:132)

24. Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much. (Ps.119: 140)

25. See how I love your commandments, Lord. Give back my life because of your unfailing love. (Ps. 119:159)

26. I hate and abhor all falsehood, but I love your instructions. (Ps. 119:163)

27. I love God’s law and have great peace and nothing can cause me to stumble. (Ps.119: 165)

28. I have obeyed your laws, for I love them very much.(Ps.119: 167)

29. Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.(Isa.43: 4)

30. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!(Matt.5: 44)

31. Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Matt. 22:37,39)

32. Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me. (Jn. 8:42)

33. So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. (Jn. 13:34)

34. “If you love me, obey my commandments. (Jn. 14:15)

35. Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.” (Jn. 14:21)

36. Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them. (Jn.14: 23)

37. “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. (Jn.15: 9. 12)

38. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. 24 Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!
25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. 26 I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.” (Jn.17: 23-26)

39. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. (Rom.8: 28)

40. Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.(Rom. 8: 35, 38, 39)

41. No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. (Rom. 8:37)

42. Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. (Rom. 13:8)

43. “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” (1Cor.2: 9)

44. 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[a] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! (1Cor. 13:4-8)

45. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. (2Cor. 12:15)

46. My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.(Gal.2: 20)

47. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. (Eph.1: 4)

48. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) 6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. 7 So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.(Eph.2: 4-7)

49. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. (Eph. 5:2)

50. May God’s grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 6:24)

51. But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other,[a] for God himself has taught you to love one another. (1Th. 4:9)

52. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, 17 comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.(2Th.2: 16, 17)

53. And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing. (2 Tim.4:8)

54. You love justice and hate evil. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you,
pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.” (Heb. 1:9)

55. God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. (James 1:12)

56. Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him? (James 2:5)

57. Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (James 2:8)

58. You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.(1 Pt. 1:8)

59. You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.(1Pt. 1:22)

60. Anyone who loves another brother or sister[a] is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. (1 Jn. 2:10)

61. Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. (1 Jn.2: 15)

62. If we love our Christian brothers and sisters,[a] it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. (1 Jn. 3:14)

63. Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. (1 Jn. 3:18)

64. And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us. (1Jn. 3:23)

65. Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1Jn. 4:7, 8)

66.No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. (1 Jn. 4: 12, 16)

67. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. (1 Jn. 4:17)

68. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. 19 We love each other because he loved us first. (1 Jn. 4:18, 19)

69. Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. 2 We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. (1 Jn. 5:1, 2)

70. Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love. (Rev. 3:9)