Bible Verses about “obsessive love”

“Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,”

“doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;”

“bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

“doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;”

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;”

“Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.”

“Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.”

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.”

“Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;”

“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.”

“Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'”

“A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'”

“Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.”

“This is the first and great commandment.”

“Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.”

“"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.”

“Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?”

“I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.”

“Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.”

“It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”

“Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends”

“Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."”

“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”

“It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.”

“Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.”

“I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.”

“Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."”

“But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.”

“He said to him, "Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won't you tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."”

“Jonadab said to him, "Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"”

“So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."”

“Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him."”

“So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. She took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.”

“She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, "Have all men leave me." Every man went out from him.”

“Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the room, that I may eat from your hand." Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother.”

“When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister!"”

“She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly.”

“I, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you."”

“However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.”

“Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Arise, be gone!"”

“Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.”

“Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.”

“Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.”

“His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.”