110 verses contain “Loved” (in the KJV: 100, in the BSB: 74) — showing 1–100
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And Isaac brought her into his mother
Sarah’s tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he
loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother
Sarah and took
Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac
loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he
loved Esau; but
Rebekah loved Jacob.
And he went, and
fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father
loved.
So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the
tasty food his father
loved.
And Jacob
loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter.
Since Jacob
loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter
Rachel.”
And he went in also unto
Rachel, and he
loved also
Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Jacob
slept with
Rachel as well, and indeed, he
loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for
Laban another seven years.
And his soul
clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he
loved the
damsel, and spake kindly unto the
damsel.
And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He
loved the young
girl and spoke to her tenderly.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
Now Israel
loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a
robe of many colors.
And when his brethren saw that their father
loved him more than all his brethren, they
hated him, and could not speak
peaceably unto him.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father
loved him more than any of them, they
hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
But because the LORD
loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had
sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of
bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
But because the LORD
loved you and kept the oath He
swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not
hearken unto
Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the
curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God
loved thee.
Yet the LORD your God would not
listen to
Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the
curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Yea, he
loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
And it came to pass afterward, that he
loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah.
Some time later,
Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was
Delilah.
But unto
Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he
loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her
womb.
But to
Hannah he would give a double portion, for he
loved her even though the LORD had closed her
womb.
And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul
admired him greatly, and David became his
armor-bearer.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of
Jonathan was
knit with the soul of David, and
Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of
Jonathan and David were
knit together, and
Jonathan loved him as himself.
Then
Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he
loved him as his own soul.
Then
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he
loved him as himself.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
And
Jonathan caused David to
swear again, because he
loved him: for he
loved him as he
loved his own soul.
And David comforted Bath-
sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD
loved him.
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
And he sent by the hand of
Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
and sent word through
Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD
loved him.
And it came to pass after this, that
Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David
loved her.
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son
Absalom.
Then Amnon
hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred
wherewith he
hated her was greater than the love
wherewith he had
loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
Then Amnon
hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
But king Solomon
loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites,
Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
Hittites;
King Solomon, however,
loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab,
Ammon,
Edom, and
Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
Then
Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God
loved Israel enough to establish them
forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
And
Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of
Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and
threescore concubines; and
begat twenty and eight sons, and
threescore daughters.)
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of
Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
Also he built towers in the desert, and
digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:
husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in
Carmel: for he
loved husbandry.
Since he had much
livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and
dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did
outlandish women cause to sin.
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
And the king
loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
And the king
loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
All my inward friends
abhorred me: and they whom I
loved are turned against me.
All my best friends
despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
LORD, I have
loved the
habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
You have
loved righteousness and
hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has
anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the
excellency of Jacob whom he
loved.
Selah.
He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves.
Selah But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount
Zion which he
loved.
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount
Zion, which He
loved.
As he
loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
The
cursing that he
loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have
loved; and I will
meditate in thy statutes.
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I
meditate on Your statutes.
Since thou
wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have
loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
All ye,
assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath
loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Come together, all of you, and
listen: Which of the idols has
foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy
remembrance: for thou hast discovered
thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou
lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Behind the door and
doorpost you have set up your
memorial.
Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you
climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a
pact with those whose bed you have
loved; you have
gazed upon their nakedness.
Withhold thy foot from being
unshod, and thy throat from
thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have
loved strangers, and after them will I go.
You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being
thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they
loved to
wander, they have not
refrained their feet, therefore the LORD
doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to
wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
Yea, I have
loved thee with an
everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have
loved you with an
everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast
loved, with all them that thou hast
hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you
loved and all those you
hated. I will gather them against you from all around and
expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-
hamah.
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an
adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is
loved by another and is an
adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer
raisin cakes to idols.”
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a
whoring from thy God, thou hast
loved a reward upon every
cornfloor.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to
Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they
loved.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to
Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as
detestable as the thing they
loved.
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
I have
loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou
loved us? Was not
Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I
loved Jacob,
“I have
loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You
loved us?” “Was not
Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have
loved,
Judah hath dealt
treacherously, and an
abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath
profaned the
holiness of the LORD which he
loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Judah has broken faith; an
abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has
profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
Then Jesus beholding him
loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell
whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Jesus looked at him,
loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are
forgiven; for she
loved much: but to whom little is
forgiven, the same loveth little.
Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been
forgiven, she has
loved much. But he who has been
forgiven little loves little.”
For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
For God so
loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that
everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
And this is the
condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
And this is the
verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men
loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
Now before the feast of the
passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having
loved his own which were in the world, he
loved them unto the end.
It was now just before the
Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having
loved His own who were in the world, He
loved them to the very end.
Now there was
leaning on Jesus’
bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus
loved.
One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus
loved, was
reclining at His side.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be
loved by My Father, and I will love him and
reveal Myself to him.”
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye
loved me, ye would
rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you
loved Me, you would
rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love
wherewith thou hast
loved me may be in them, and I in them.
And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus
loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the
sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus
loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he
girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
Then the disciple whom Jesus
loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and
jumped into the sea.
Then Peter, turning about,
seeth the disciple whom Jesus
loved following; which also
leaned on his breast at
supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus
loved following them. He was the one who had
leaned back against Jesus at the
supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to
betray You?”
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that
loved us.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
As it is written, Jacob have I
loved, but
Esau have I
hated.
So it is written: “Jacob I
loved, but
Esau I
hated.”
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
And I will very
gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be
loved.
And for the sake of your souls, I will most
gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who
loved me, and gave himself for me.
I have been
crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself up for me.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he
loved us,
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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.
and walk in love, just as Christ
loved us and gave Himself up for us as a
fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
But we are bound to give
thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
But we should always
thank God for you, brothers who are
loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the
sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath
loved us, and hath given us
everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
Thou hast
loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
You have
loved righteousness and
hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has
anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
Which have
forsaken the right way, and are gone
astray, following the way of
Balaam the son of Bosor, who
loved the wages of unrighteousness;
They have left the straight way and
wandered off to follow the way of
Balaam son of Beor, who
loved the wages of wickedness.
Herein is love, not that we
loved God, but that he
loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
And love consists in this: not that we
loved God, but that He
loved us and sent His Son as the
atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
We love him, because he first loved us.
We love because He first loved us.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are
sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called,
loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that
loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
Behold, I will make them of the
synagogue of
Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have
loved thee.
Look at those who belong to the
synagogue of
Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.