CONCERNING LOVE FOR GOD

THE BIBLE SAYS

Compiled by Daniel L. Wakefield

 

 

·         Deuteronomy 10:12     And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

 

·         Deuteronomy 11:1       Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

 

·         Joshua 22:5                   But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

 

·         Psalm 31:23                   O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

 

·         Proverbs 8:17                I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

 

·         Matthew 22:37               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.          (See Deut. 6:5)

 

·         John 21:15-17               15So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

 

·         2 Thessalonians 3:5    And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

 

·         Jude 1:21                        Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

 

·         1 John 4:19                    We love him, because he first loved us.