100 Bible Verses about Loving Yourself

Here are 100 Bible verses about loving yourself, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Song of Solomon 4:7 KJV

⁷ Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

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Proverbs 19:8 KJV

⁸ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-8 KJV

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; ⁶ Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; ⁷ Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. …

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Psalm 139:13-15 KJV

¹³ For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. ¹⁵ My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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Ephesians 5:29 KJV

²⁹ For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

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1 Timothy 4:12 KJV

¹² Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

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1 John 3:1 KJV

¹ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV

⁶ Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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1 Peter 4:8 KJV

⁸ And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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Leviticus 19:18 KJV

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.

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Romans 13:8-10 KJV

⁸ Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. ⁹ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ¹⁰ Love worketh no ill …

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Luke 6:27 KJV

²⁷ But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

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Ephesians 2:10 KJV

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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Psalm 37:1-40 KJV

¹ Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. ² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. ³ Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. ⁴ Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. …

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Mark 12:31 KJV

³¹ And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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Romans 8:26 KJV

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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John 13:34-35 KJV

³⁴ A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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1 Samuel 16:7 KJV

⁷ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

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1 John 4:19 KJV

¹⁹ We love him, because he first loved us.

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Romans 13:9 KJV

⁹ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Romans 5:8 KJV

⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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John 15:9 KJV

⁹ As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

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1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV

¹³ And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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Philippians 4:8-9 KJV

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. ⁹ Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

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Matthew 22:39 KJV

³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Matthew 22:37-39 KJV

³⁷ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. ³⁸ This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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2 Timothy 3:1-2 KJV

¹ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ² For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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1 John 4:7 KJV

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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Philippians 2:3 KJV

³ Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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Matthew 19:19 KJV

¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Psalm 139:14 KJV

¹⁴ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

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1 John 4:8 KJV

⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ 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.

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Romans 12:10 KJV

¹⁰ Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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Colossians 3:14 KJV

¹⁴ And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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Ephesians 5:25 KJV

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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1 John 3:18 KJV

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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1 John 4:18 KJV

¹⁸ 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.

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John 15:13 KJV

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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Proverbs 10:12 KJV

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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Ephesians 4:2 KJV

² With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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John 13:34 KJV

³⁴ A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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1 Corinthians 16:14 KJV

¹⁴ Let all your things be done with charity.

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Ephesians 2:4-5 KJV

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, ⁵ Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

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James 2:8 KJV

⁸ If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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Ephesians 5:33 KJV

³³ Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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Philippians 1:6 KJV

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 KJV

¹ 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. ² 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. ³ And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body …

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Proverbs 17:17 KJV

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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Galatians 5:14 KJV

¹⁴ For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Luke 10:27 KJV

²⁷ And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

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Romans 13:8 KJV

⁸ Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 KJV

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; ⁶ Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; ⁷ Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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1 John 4:7-8 KJV

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸ He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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Psalm 36:7 KJV

⁷ How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Matthew 7:12 KJV

¹² Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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Matthew 6:33 KJV

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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Jeremiah 31:3 KJV

³ 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.

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Ephesians 4:32 KJV

³² And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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Romans 13:10 KJV

¹⁰ Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

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Luke 6:31 KJV

³¹ And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

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John 5:30 KJV

³⁰ I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

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Luke 12:7 KJV

⁷ But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Genesis 1:26 KJV

²⁶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Matthew 22:40 KJV

⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

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1 John 4:9-10 KJV

⁹ In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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1 John 3:14 KJV

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

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1 Corinthians 13:3 KJV

³ And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

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Isaiah 43:1-28 KJV

¹ But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. ² When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. ³ For …

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹ The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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Hebrews 12:1 KJV

¹ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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Matthew 22:37 KJV

³⁷ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

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Galatians 6:3 KJV

³ For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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Galatians 5:26 KJV

²⁶ Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Luke 6:35 KJV

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.

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1 John 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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1 Peter 2:17 KJV

¹⁷ Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰ 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.

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Matthew 16:24 KJV

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV

⁵ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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Ephesians 4:1-2 KJV

¹ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, ² With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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Romans 12:9 KJV

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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1 John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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1 John 4:21 KJV

²¹ And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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Colossians 3:18 KJV

¹⁸ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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Mark 12:30-31 KJV

³⁰ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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1 John 4:20 KJV

²⁰ If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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2 Timothy 3:1-5 KJV

¹ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ² For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³ Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ⁴ Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures …

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Leviticus 19:34 KJV

³⁴ But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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John 14:15 KJV

¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

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1 Corinthians 13:1-3 KJV

¹ 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. ² 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. ³ And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body …

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Proverbs 3:3-4 KJV

³ Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: ⁴ So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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Isaiah 43:25 KJV

²⁵ I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

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2 Corinthians 10:3-5 KJV

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: ⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) ⁵ Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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John 3:17 KJV

¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Song of Solomon 8:6-7 KJV

⁶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. ⁷ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

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Matthew 22:34-40 KJV

³⁴ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. ³⁵ Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, ³⁶ Master, which is the great commandment in the law? ³⁷ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy …

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1 John 2:3-5 KJV

³ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

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