90+ Old Testament Bible Verses About Love That Will Change How You See God Forever

Here is a list of 100 Bible verses about love from the Old Testament, encompassing God's love for humanity, love for God, love for others, marital love, and the call to compassion.

God's Love for Humanity

1. Deuteronomy 4:37 - Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength.

2. Deuteronomy 7:7-8 - The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples... but it was because the LORD loved you...

3. Deuteronomy 10:15 - Yet the LORD set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.

4. Deuteronomy 23:5 - ...the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.

5. 2 Samuel 12:24 - Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The LORD loved him.

6. Nehemiah 1:5 - ...LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments...

7. Nehemiah 9:17 - ...But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love...

8. Psalm 5:7 - But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.

9. Psalm 6:4 - Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

10. Psalm 13:5 - But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

11. Psalm 17:7 - Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

12. Psalm 18:1 - I love you, LORD, my strength.

13. Psalm 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.

14. Psalm 25:6-7 - Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth...

15. Psalm 26:3 - ...for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

16. Psalm 31:7 - I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.

17. Psalm 31:16 - Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

18. Psalm 32:10 - Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.

19. Psalm 33:5 - The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

20. Psalm 33:18 - But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love...

21. Psalm 33:22 - May your unfailing love be with us, LORD, even as we put our hope in you.

22. Psalm 36:5 - Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

23. Psalm 36:7 - How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

24. Psalm 40:11 - Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

25. Psalm 42:8 - By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

26. Psalm 44:3 - It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

27. Psalm 47:4 - He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.

28. Psalm 48:9 - Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

29. Psalm 51:1 - Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

30. Psalm 52:8 - But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.

31. Psalm 57:10 - For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

32. Psalm 59:10 - My God on whom I can rely. God will go before me...

33. Psalm 62:12 - ...and with you, Lord, is unfailing love...

34. Psalm 63:3 - Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

35. Psalm 66:20 - Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!

36. Psalm 69:16 - Answer me, LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

37. Psalm 77:8 - Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

38. Psalm 78:68 - ...but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.

39. Psalm 85:7 - Show us your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us your salvation.

40. Psalm 86:5 - You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.

41. Psalm 86:13 - For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.

42. Psalm 86:15 - But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

43. Psalm 89:1-2 - I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever...

44. Psalm 89:14 - Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

45. Psalm 89:24 - My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.

46. Psalm 89:33 - but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

47. Psalm 90:14 - Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

48. Psalm 94:18 - When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.

49. Psalm 100:5 - For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

50. Psalm 103:4 - ...who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion...

51. Psalm 103:8 - The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

52. Psalm 103:11 - For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him...

53. Psalm 103:17 - But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him...

54. Psalm 107:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

55. Psalm 107:8 - Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind...

56. Psalm 107:15 - (Same refrain)

57. Psalm 107:21 - (Same refrain)

58. Psalm 107:31 - (Same refrain)

59. Psalm 108:4 - For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

60. Psalm 109:21 - But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

61. Psalm 115:1 - Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

62. Psalm 117:2 - For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.

63. Psalm 118:1-4 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let Israel say... Let the house of Aaron say... Let those who fear the LORD say...

64. Psalm 119:41 - May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise...

65. Psalm 119:64 - The earth is filled with your love, LORD; teach me your decrees.

66. Psalm 119:76 - May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.

67. Psalm 119:88 - In your unfailing love, preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.

68. Psalm 119:124 - Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.

69. Psalm 119:149 - Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.

70. Psalm 130:7 - Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

71. Psalm 136:1-26 - (The entire psalm repeats "His love endures forever" after each declaration of God's works.)

72. Psalm 138:2 - ...for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame. I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness...

73. Psalm 143:8 - Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

74. Psalm 145:8 - The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

75. Psalm 145:20 - The LORD watches over all who love him...

76. Psalm 146:8 - ...the LORD loves the righteous.

77. Isaiah 38:17 - ...In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction...

78. Isaiah 43:4 - 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.

79. Isaiah 54:10 - "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.

80. Isaiah 63:9 - In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them...

81. Jeremiah 31:3 - "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness."

82. Lamentations 3:22 - Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

83. Lamentations 3:32 - Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.

84. Daniel 9:4 - ...Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments...

85. Hosea 2:19 - "I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion."

86. Hosea 14:4 - "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them."

87. Zephaniah 3:17 - "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."

88. Malachi 1:2 - "I have loved you," says the LORD. "But you ask, 'How have you loved us?' "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet I have loved Jacob..."

The Call to Love God

1. Deuteronomy 6:5 - Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

2. Deuteronomy 10:12 - And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul...

3. Deuteronomy 11:1 - Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.

4. Deuteronomy 11:13 - So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul...

5. Deuteronomy 11:22 - ...to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to hold fast to him...

6. Deuteronomy 19:9 - ...because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the LORD your God and to walk always in obedience to him...

7. Deuteronomy 30:6 - The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

8. Joshua 22:5 - But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

9. Psalm 31:23 - Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him...

10. Psalm 97:10 - Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

The Call to Love Others

1. Leviticus 19:18 - "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD."

2. Leviticus 19:34 - "The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God."

(Bonus: Marital Love & Allegory)

· Genesis 29:20 - So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

· Song of Solomon (Entire book) - "Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death..." (8:6)

· Proverbs 5:19 - A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.