Gen 29:20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
Deu 7:8 but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
1Sa 18:3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
1Sa 20:17 And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
2Sa 1:26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
very pleasant have you been to me;
your love to me was extraordinary,
surpassing the love of women.
very pleasant have you been to me;
your love to me was extraordinary,
surpassing the love of women.
2Sa 13:15 Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up! Go!”
1Ki 11:2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.
2Ch 2:11 Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.”
Psa 109:4 In return for my love they accuse me,
but I give myself to prayer.
but I give myself to prayer.
Psa 109:5 So they reward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
and hatred for my love.
Pro 5:19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated always in her love.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated always in her love.
Pro 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offenses.
but love covers all offenses.
Pro 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
Pro 17:9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Pro 27:5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
than hidden love.
Ecc 9:1 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.
Ecc 9:6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
Song 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house,
and his banner over me was love.
and his banner over me was love.
Song 2:5 Sustain me with raisins;
refresh me with apples,
for I am sick with love.
refresh me with apples,
for I am sick with love.
Song 2:7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
Song 3:5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
Song 3:10 He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
by the daughters of Jerusalem.
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
by the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song 5:8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
I am sick with love.
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
I am sick with love.
Song 7:6 How beautiful and pleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights!
O loved one, with all your delights!
Song 8:4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
Song 8:6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very flame of the Lord.
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very flame of the Lord.
Song 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his house,
he would be utterly despised.
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his house,
he would be utterly despised.
Isa 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted,
and the angel of his presence saved them;
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
and the angel of his presence saved them;
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Jer 2:2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,“I remember the devotion of your youth,
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
Jer 2:33 “How well you direct your course
to seek love!
So that even to wicked women
you have taught your ways.
to seek love!
So that even to wicked women
you have taught your ways.
Jer 31:3 the Lord appeared to him from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Hos 3:1 And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”
Hos 9:15 Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
all their princes are rebels.
there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
all their princes are rebels.
Hos 11:4 I led them with cords of kindness,
with the bands of love,
and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and I bent down to them and fed them.
with the bands of love,
and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and I bent down to them and fed them.
Zep 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
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