אַהֲבָה

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”