We throw the word “love” around carelessly. We love pizza, love our favorite show, and love our friends. The word has been diluted to the point where it’s lost most of its meaning. Even when we talk about God’s love, we often reduce it to a vague feeling of divine affection or cosmic benevolence that doesn’t cost anything or demand anything.
But God’s love isn’t sentimental or superficial. It’s fierce, sacrificial, and completely unearned. It’s the kind of love that sent Jesus to the cross while we were still sinners, enemies of God. It’s relentless love that pursues us when we run, forgives us when we fail, and never gives up on us even when we give up on ourselves. God’s love isn’t based on our performance, our goodness, or whether we deserve it. It flows from His character, not our worthiness.
These verses reveal the depth, width, and height of God’s love for us. They show us that we’re not just tolerated or vaguely liked by a distant deity. We’re passionately loved by a Father who gave everything to bring us home.
Bible Verses About God’s Love For Us
1. John 3:16 – For God So Loved the World
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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2. Romans 5:8 – God Demonstrates His Own Love for Us
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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3. 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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4. 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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5. Romans 8:38-39 – Nothing Can Separate Us From the Love of God
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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6. 1 John 4:16 – God Is Love
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
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7. Ephesians 2:4-5 – Because of His Great Love for Us
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
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8. 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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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. 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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11. 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! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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12. 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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13. John 15:9 – As the Father Has Loved Me, So Have I Loved You
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. Deuteronomy 7:9 – The Faithful God Who 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 1 John 4:19 – We Love Because He First Loved Us
We love because he first loved us.
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19. Romans 5:5 – God’s Love Has Been Poured Out 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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20. Lamentations 3:22-23 – Because of the Lord’s Great Love
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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21. John 16:27 – The Father Himself Loves You
No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
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22. Psalm 103:8 – The Lord Is Compassionate and Gracious
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
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23. John 17:23 – You Have Loved Them Even 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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24. Hosea 11:4 – I Led Them With Cords of Human Kindness, With Ties of Love
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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25. 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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26. 2 Thessalonians 2:16 – Who Loved Us and Gave Us Eternal Encouragement
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope.
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27. Psalm 136:26 – His Love Endures Forever
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.
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28. Isaiah 43:4 – You Are Precious and Honored in My Sight
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.
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29. Titus 3:4-5 – The Kindness and Love of God Our Savior 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. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
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30. Psalm 145:8 – The Lord Is Gracious and Compassionate
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
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31. Galatians 2:20 – 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 now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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32. 1 Chronicles 16:34 – His Love Endures Forever
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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33. Psalm 139:17-18 – How Precious to Me Are Your Thoughts
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you.
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34. Ephesians 5:2 – Christ Loved Us and Gave Himself Up for Us
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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35. Deuteronomy 23:5 – The Lord Your God Turned the Curse Into a Blessing Because He Loves You
However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.
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Our Thoughts On What the Bible Says About God’s Love For Us
God’s love for us is the foundation of everything. It’s not based on what we do but on who He is. He loved us while we were still sinners, enemies actively rebelling against Him. That’s staggering when you think about it. He didn’t wait until we cleaned ourselves up or proved we were worth loving. He loved us at our worst and gave everything to redeem us.
The height, depth, width, and length of God’s love surpass knowledge. You can study it your entire life and never fully grasp it. Nothing can separate you from His love. Not your worst failure, not your darkest sin, not your deepest doubt. His love is everlasting, unfailing, and completely secure. You can’t earn it, you can’t lose it, and you definitely don’t deserve it. But it’s yours in Christ.
God doesn’t just love humanity in some vague, general sense. He loves you specifically, personally, intimately. He knows everything about you and still chooses to love you. He rejoices over you with singing. You are precious and honored in His sight. Let that truth sink deep into your soul.
Say This Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank You for loving me with an everlasting love. I don’t deserve it, I can’t earn it, but I desperately need it. Help me to truly grasp how wide and long and high and deep Your love is for me.
Forgive me for the times I’ve doubted Your love, questioned whether You truly care, or believed the lie that I’m too far gone for You to want me. Remind me that You loved me while I was still a sinner, that nothing can separate me from Your love, and that Your love isn’t based on my performance.
Help me to rest in Your love instead of constantly trying to earn it. Let Your love be the foundation of my identity, my security, and my confidence. When I fail, remind me that Your love doesn’t change. When I succeed, remind me that Your love wasn’t any less before.
Thank You for demonstrating Your love by sending Jesus to die for me. Help me to live in response to that incredible love, not to earn it but to reflect it.
In Jesus’ loving Name, Amen.