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"So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her." (Gen 29:20). 

Christian love is not a natural preference that squanders itself upon those for whom some affinity is discovered. Love seeks the welfare of all, and works no ill to any.

"Love is unselfish, loyal, and benevolent intention and commitment toward another." Scriptures on Love, Vines Complete Expository Dictionary.

"Scriptures on Love"

1 Cor 13:13: "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

1 Peter 4:8: "And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins."

1 John 3:18: My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth."

1 John 4:18: "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love."

1 Cor 13:4-8: "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails..."

1 John 4:8: "He who does not love does not know God, for God is love."

1 John 3:16: "By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?"

1 John 4:7: "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God."

John 15:13: "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends."

Col 3:14: "But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection."

1 Cor 13:1-3: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 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, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing."

Eph 4:2: "with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love"

Eph 5:25: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her"

Eph 5:33: "Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."

John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

Luke 6:35: "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil."

Mark 12:30-31: "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these."

Matt 6:24: "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."

Matt 22:37-39: "Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Prov 10:12: "Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins."

Prov 17:17: "A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity."

Psa 18:1: "A Psalm of David on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: 'I will love You, O Lord, my strength.'"

Deut 11:13-15: "And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled."

Rom 13:10: "Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." 

Deut 10:12: “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul"

Scriptures on Love
From the Song of Solomen

Song of Sol 8:4-8:
"I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.

Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy as cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement flame.

Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised."

Song of Sol 1:2:
"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth
— for your love is more delightful than wine."

Song of Sol 4:10: 
"How fair is your love,
My sister, my spouse!
How much better than wine is your love,
And the scent of your perfumes
Than all spices!"

Song of Sol 8:6-7:
"Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy as cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement flame."

Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised."

Prov 5:19: "As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be enraptured with her love."

Prov 13:24: "He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him promptly."

Prov 15:17: "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred."

Prov 17:9: "He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates friends."

Prov 17:17: "A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity."

Prov 30:18-19: "There are three things 
which are too wonderful for me,
Yes, four which I do not understand:
The way of an eagle in the air,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the midst of the sea,
And the way of a man with a virgin."

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"The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay. Love isn't love 'til you give it away."
Oscar Hammerstein Songwriter

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