Bible Verses About Tough Love

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

For every man shall bear his own burden.

Let all your things be done with charity.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

We love him, because he first loved us.

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

For every man shall bear his own burden.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

We love him, because he first loved us.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Let all your things be done with charity.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.