'Loving' in the Bible

Yet the Lord had a delight in loving your fathers and set His affection on them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

“With the loving and loyal You show Yourself loving and loyal,With the blameless You show Yourself blameless.

Blessed be the Lord,For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.

To those who honor and keep His covenant,And remember to do His commandments [imprinting His word on their hearts].

So that they might observe His preceptsAnd keep His laws [obediently accepting and honoring and valuing them].Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

He has made His wonderful acts to be remembered;The Lord is gracious and merciful and full of loving compassion.

Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the LordIs the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

Oh, that my ways may be establishedTo observe and keep Your statutes [obediently accepting and honoring them]!

Gimel.Deal bountifully with Your servant,That I may live and keep Your word [treasuring it and being guided by it day by day].

I will keep Your law continually,Forever and ever [writing Your precepts on my heart].

This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].

Before I was afflicted I went astray,But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

According to Your steadfast love refresh me and give me life,So that I may keep and obey the testimony of Your mouth.

I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts],Because I have observed and kept Your precepts.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way,That I may keep Your word.

I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it,That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.

Leave me, you evildoers,That I may keep the commandments of my God [honoring and obeying them].

Pe.Your testimonies are wonderful;Therefore my soul keeps them.

Redeem me from the oppression of man;That I may keep Your precepts.

I cried to You; save meAnd I will keep Your testimonies.

I see the treacherous and loathe them,Because they do not respect Your law.

My soul keeps Your testimonies [hearing and accepting and obeying them];I love them greatly.

All Your works shall give thanks to You and praise You, O Lord,And Your godly ones will bless You.

Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;Always be exhilarated and delight in her love.

A good name [earned by honorable behavior, godly wisdom, moral courage, and personal integrity] is more desirable than great riches;And favor is better than silver and gold.

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to tread out the grain,But I will come over her fair neck with a heavy yoke [for hard field work].I will harness Ephraim;Judah will plow and Jacob will harrow and rake for himself.

And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Now Jesus loved and was concerned about Martha and her sister and Lazarus [and considered them dear friends].

The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, treating Paul with [thoughtful] consideration, allowed him to go to his friends there and be cared for and refreshed.

Owe nothing to anyone except to love and seek the best for one another; for he who [unselfishly] loves his neighbor has fulfilled the [essence of the] law [relating to one’s fellowman].

Therefore, my beloved, run [keep far, far away] from [any sort of] idolatry [and that includes loving anything more than God, or participating in anything that leads to sin and enslaves the soul].

But as for you, O man of God, flee from these things; aim at and pursue righteousness [true goodness, moral conformity to the character of God], godliness [the fear of God], faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness.

And he must be hospitable [to believers, as well as strangers], a lover of what is good, sensible (upright), fair, devout, self-disciplined [above reproach—whether in public or in private].

Finally, all of you be like-minded [united in spirit], sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted [courteous and compassionate toward each other as members of one household], and humble in spirit;

and never return evil for evil or insult for insult [avoid scolding, berating, and any kind of abuse], but on the contrary, give a blessing [pray for one another’s well-being, contentment, and protection]; for you have been called for this very purpose, that you might inherit a blessing [from God that brings well-being, happiness, and protection].