Isaiah 49:15-16
King James Version
15 Can a woman forget her sucking child,
that she should not have compassion
on the son of her womb?
yea, they may forget,
yet will I not forget thee.
16 Behold,
I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands;
thy walls are continually before me.
JESUS taught us how to love.
That's how it is to have a pure heart.
Always from the LORD's viewpoint.
Mark 12:29-30
King James Version
29 And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord:
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.
Mark 12:31
King James Version
31 And the second is like,
namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
Matthew 22:40
King James Version
40 On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.
John 13:34-35
King James Version
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.
John 15:13
King James Version
13 Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
More verses to meditate upon:
Psalm 143:8
King James Version
8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning;
for in thee do I trust:
cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;
for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Song of Solomon 8:6
King James Version
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.
Romans 12:9
King James Version
9 Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil;
cleave to that which is good.
Romans 12:10
King James Version
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another
with brotherly love;
in honour preferring one another;
1 Corinthians 13:2
King James Version
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.
1 Corinthians 13:13
King James Version
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity,
these three;
but the greatest of these is charity.
Ephesians 3:16-17
King James Version
16 That he would grant you,
according to the riches of his glory,
to be strengthened with might by his Spirit
in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye,
being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 5:25
King James Version
25 Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
2 Thessalonians 3:5
King James Version
5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God,
and into the patient waiting for Christ.
1 John 4:16
King James Version
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.
1 John 4:18
King James Version
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.
1 John 4:19
King James Version
19 We love him,
because he first loved us.
1 John 4:20
King James Version
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?
See VITAL verses here.
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