You’ve probably heard that God loves you a thousand times, but do you actually believe it in the moments when you feel most unlovable? When shame whispers that you’ve gone too far, when loneliness convinces you that nobody cares, when your mistakes pile up like evidence against you, the abstract concept of God’s love can feel distant and theoretical.
The love of God isn’t just a nice religious idea or a comforting sentiment. It’s the defining reality of the universe, the reason you exist, and the foundation of everything Scripture reveals about who God is. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible tells one continuous story: God pursuing humanity with a love so relentless and sacrificial that it defies human logic.
These verses reveal a love that’s not based on your performance, your worthiness, or your ability to get your life together. God’s love is the starting point, not the reward. It’s unconditional, sacrificial, eternal, and more powerful than any force that could ever try to separate you from it. This love changes everything once you truly grasp it.
Bible Verses About The Love of God
1. 1 John 4:8 – God Is Love
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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2. John 3:16 – For God So Loved the World
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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3. Romans 5:8 – God Shows His Love for Us
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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4. 1 John 4:9-10 – This Is Love
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
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5. Jeremiah 31:3 – I Have Loved You With an Everlasting Love
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”
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6. Romans 8:38-39 – Nothing Can Separate Us From God’s Love
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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7. Ephesians 2:4-5 – Because of His Great Love
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
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8. Psalm 136:26 – His Love Endures Forever
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.
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9. Zephaniah 3:17 – He Will Rejoice Over You With Singing
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.
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10. 1 John 3:1 – See What Great Love the Father Has Lavished on Us
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
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11. Deuteronomy 7:9 – He Keeps His Covenant of Love
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
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12. Psalm 86:15 – Abounding in Love and Faithfulness
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
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13. John 15:9 – As the Father Has Loved Me
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
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14. Ephesians 3:17-19 – To Grasp How Wide and Long and High and Deep
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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15. Lamentations 3:22-23 – His Compassions Never Fail
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
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16. Romans 8:35 – Who Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ?
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
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17. 1 John 4:16 – God Is Love, and Whoever Abides in Love
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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18. Psalm 103:11 – As High as the Heavens Are Above the Earth
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him.
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19. John 16:27 – The Father Himself Loves You
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
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20. Hosea 11:4 – I Led Them With Cords of Human Kindness
I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.
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21. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 – God Our Father, Who Loved Us
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
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22. Psalm 63:3 – Your Love Is Better Than Life
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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23. Isaiah 54:10 – My Unfailing Love for You Will Not Be Shaken
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
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24. Titus 3:4-5 – When the Kindness and Love of God Appeared
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
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25. Psalm 145:8-9 – The Lord Is Good to All
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
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26. John 17:23 – You Have Loved Them as You Have Loved Me
I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
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27. 1 John 4:18 – Perfect Love Drives Out Fear
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
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28. Psalm 107:1 – His Love Endures Forever
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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29. Romans 5:5 – God’s Love Has Been Poured Into Our Hearts
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
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30. Ephesians 5:1-2 – Walk in the Way of Love
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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31. Psalm 33:5 – The Earth Is Full of His Unfailing Love
The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
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32. John 14:21 – Whoever Loves Me Will Be Loved by My Father
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.
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33. Colossians 3:12 – Clothe Yourselves With Love
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
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34. Psalm 36:7 – How Priceless Is Your Unfailing Love
How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
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35. 1 Corinthians 13:13 – The Greatest of These Is Love
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Our Thoughts On What the Bible Says About The Love of God
The love of God is the central truth that holds all of Scripture together. It’s not a peripheral doctrine or a feel-good sentiment tacked onto the Bible’s teachings. God’s love is His very nature, the motivation behind creation, the reason for redemption, and the eternal reality that every believer will experience forever.
What makes God’s love so transformative is that it’s completely unearned and unconditional. We don’t work our way into it, and we can’t work our way out of it. Romans 5:8 captures this perfectly: God demonstrated His love for us while we were still sinners. Not after we cleaned up our act, not when we finally got it together, but in the middle of our rebellion and brokenness.
Scripture also reveals that God’s love is active and sacrificial, not passive or sentimental. It moved Him to action, sending Jesus to die for us. This isn’t love as an emotion that comes and goes, but love as a commitment that endures forever. Once you grasp that you’re loved with an everlasting, unconditional, sacrificial love, it changes how you see yourself, your circumstances, and your future.
Say This Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank You for loving me with a love I can’t fully comprehend. When I look at my own failures, insecurities, and brokenness, it’s hard to believe that You could love someone like me. But Your Word says You loved me even while I was still a sinner, before I ever turned toward You.
Help me to move beyond just knowing about Your love intellectually and to experience it deeply in my heart. Let the truth that nothing can separate me from Your love sink into the places where I feel most unworthy. When shame tries to convince me I’ve gone too far, remind me that Your love isn’t based on my performance.
Thank You for demonstrating Your love through Jesus, who gave His life so I could be reconciled to You. Let that sacrificial love transform how I see myself and how I love others. Help me to rest in the security of being Your beloved child, accepted and cherished not because of what I do but because of who You are.
Draw me deeper into Your love every day.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Evang. Anabelle Thompson is the founder of Believers Refuge, a Scripture-based resource that helps Christians to find biblical guidance for life’s challenges.
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