The best love quotes are not necessarily the most romantic quotations. Initially the best love quotes would first define what love is and then help us to better love others. There are many romantic quotes that certainly express love in various manners, but the love quotes with the greatest effect are actually verses of wisdom that help us to be more loving. Most of the following love quotes are bible love verses, the first quote being a definition of love.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together. Colossians 3:14
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. Galatians 5:22-23
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. -Peter Ustinov
Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. -Kahlil Gibran
Love is the gift of your essence by virtue of your time to others. -Jon Morgan
Let love be your greatest aim. 1 Corinthians 14:1
Everything you do must be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:14
Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it with muddy boots.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. Ephesians 5:31
Who can find a wife with a strong character? She is worth far more than jewels. Her husband trusts her with [all] his heart, and he does not lack anything good. Proverbs 31:10-11
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Colossians 3:19
In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself. Ephesians 5:28
A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. Proverbs 5:19
They should encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible and pure, to manage their households, to be kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands. Otherwise, the word of God may be discredited. Titus 2:4-5
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine. Song Of Solomon 1:2
How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves. Song Of Songs 1:15
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feeds among the lilies. Song of Solomon 2:16
Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices. Song of Songs 4:10
Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts.
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
Even if I give away everything that I have and sacrifice myself, but have no love, I gain nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. -Tom Robbins
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm… Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me. Song of Solomon 3:4
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, Ephesians 5:25
"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." Matthew 19:6
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. Genesis 29:20
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13
Hate starts quarrels, but love covers every wrong. Proverbs 10:12 (love forgives all offenses).
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9 NLT
And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number. 1 Peter 4:8
This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance. Ephesians 5:2
The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galatians 5:6
We must also consider how to encourage each other to show love and to do good things. Hebrews 10:24
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17
Be devoted to each other like a loving family. Excel in showing respect for each other. Romans 12:10
This is my prayer for you: that your love will grow more and more, and that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love. Philippians 1:9
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. Song of Solomon 8:7
He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. The husband should fulfill his wife's sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband's needs. The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife. Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer… 1 Corinthians 7:2-5
I would still choose my dove, my perfect one– the favorite of her mother, dearly loved by the one who bore her… Song Of Songs 6:9
Come, my love, let us go out to the fields and spend the night among the wildflowers. Song Of Songs 7:11
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Song of Solomon 8:6
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:14
Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure. Proverbs 16:9
May the Lord greatly increase your love for each other and for all people, just as we love you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good. Romans 12:9
Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other. 1 Peter 1:22
For the whole law is summarized in a single statement: "You must love your neighbor as yourself." Galatians 5:14
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:7-8
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18
But I tell you this: Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:44
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. Matthew 22:37 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matthew 22:39
If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they? Matthew 5:46
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. Jude 1:2