'Loves' in the Bible

Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I'll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.

We said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

However, if the servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.

But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.

Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.

He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!"

King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: "Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king."

He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah)

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

Your word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it!

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.

The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly.

For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious -- the king will be his friend.

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!

The Lord said to me, "Go, show love to your wife again, even though she loves another man and continually commits adultery. Likewise, the Lord loves the Israelites although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols."

Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue."

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little."

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.

This is why the Father loves me -- because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.

The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."

Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.

In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

"For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts."

The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.

and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!