Bible Verses about “a time for love”
The Bible contains 35 verses about a time for love across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
“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.”
“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.”
“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.”
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
“¶ 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.”
“¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;”
“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”
“A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”
“A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;”
“[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
“A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;”
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
“[Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
“¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
“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.›”
“‹And the second› [is] ‹like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›”
“‹This is the first and great commandment.›”
“¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
“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.”
“Let all your things be done with charity.”
“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.”