Valentine’s Day is such a fun holiday. It’s not only a day to celebrate a romantic relationship, but also a day to celebrate love in general.
And the best place to look for examples and definitions of love is from the creator of love: God. I loved reading an advent Bible verse with my kids each day in December when we counted down to Christmas.
So this Valentine’s season I want to make sure I focus my family’s attention on the love that is found in the Bible.
That’s why I put together a list of Bible verses for Valentine’s Day that I can read during February. I hope you are able to use these Valentine verses as well.
Of course, the Bible was written before Valentine’s Day became a holiday. However, the Bible has a lot to say about love.
It is full of examples and descriptions of God’s love for you and me. It also shares lots of Bible verses about how to love others. Sometimes these verses are referred to as “one another” verses.
If you’re sending a card to someone this Valentines Day, it’s always a great idea to write out related a Valentine scripture in the card.
Valentine’s Day Bible Verses
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
1 John 4:7-8
“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 4:9-10
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
Ephesians 4:2
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Romans 8:38-39
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
John 13:34
“A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
Ephesians 3:18b-19
“How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, And to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
John 15:12-13
“My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Ephesians 2:4-5
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
Matthew 22:37-39
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself.”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
1 Corinthians 13:6-8a
“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
Mark 12:30
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
I Corinthians 13:13
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
Colossians 3:14
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Romans 12:9
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”
Ephesians 5:2
“And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
Proverbs 10:12
“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
Romans 5:5
“And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
1 Corinthians 16:14
“Do everything in love.”
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Husband and Wife Valentine Scriptures
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
Song of Solomon 4:9
“You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my hear with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.”
Song of Solomon 2:16a
“My beloved is mine and I am his.”
Proverbs 31:10
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
Song of Solomon 1:2
“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.”
Song of Solomon 3:4a
“Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.”
Song of Solomon 4:7
“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
I hope these Bible verses are an encouragement to you this Valentine’s Day wether you have a significant other or not. God’s love is for everyone and should be celebrated by all!