31 Convicting Verses About Loving Others

31 Bible Verses About Loving Others

One of the recurring themes in the New Testament is about loving others. Jesus emphasized the importance of loving our neighbors. Not only did he talk about it, but Jesus also lived it and left us this example to follow. It’s not sufficient to just love our family and friends but also our enemies. Sometimes this is not easy but it’s what sets us apart from the world and makes more like Jesus.

Scripture proclaims that the greatest commandment is to love our neighbors. Here are 31 verses about loving others to help you fulfill the law of love.

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Romans 13:8

“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Matthew 5:43-48

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

John 13:34-35

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”

1 Peter 4:8

“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”

Romans 12:10 

“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another”

Leviticus 19:18

“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.”

Proverbs 17:17

“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

1 Corinthians 16:14

“Let all your things be done with charity.”

1 John 4:18-19

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us.”

Luke 6:35 

“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”

Proverbs 10:12

“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”

Ephesians 4:32 

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”

1 John 4:11 

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”

Colossians 3:14 

“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”

Mark 12:31 

“And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”

James 1:27 

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

Luke 6:27-28 

“But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.”

Galatians 5:14 

“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

John 15:9 

“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.”

1 Corinthians 13:1-2 

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”

Ephesians 5:2 

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”

Galatians 6:2 

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

Luke 3:11 

“He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.”

John 15:13

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

Hebrews 13:1-2

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

Deuteronomy 15:11

“ For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.”

Ruth 1:16-17

“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.”

Romans 12:9-16

“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.”

1 John 4:7-8

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”

Luke 6:32

“For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.”

1 Thessalonians 4:9

“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.”

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