Ahav אָהֵב

Ahav (Hebrew אָהֵב, Strong's H157) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to love: lover”. It occurs 211 times in 197 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0157G: to love: lover

H0157H: to love: friend

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Friendship
• Love
• Love of God

Verses

Every verse with Ahav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 22:2
  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
• Genesis 24:67
  And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
• Genesis 25:28
  And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
• Genesis 27:4
  And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
• Genesis 27:9
  Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
• Genesis 27:14
  And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
• Genesis 29:18
  And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
• Genesis 29:30
  And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
• Genesis 29:32
  And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
• Genesis 34:3
  And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
• Genesis 37:3
  Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
• Genesis 37:4
  And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
• Genesis 44:20
  And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Exodus

• Exodus 20:6
  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• Exodus 21:5
  And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

Leviticus

• Leviticus 19:18
  Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 19:34
  But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:37
  And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
• Deuteronomy 5:10
  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• Deuteronomy 6:5
  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
• Deuteronomy 7:9
  Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
• Deuteronomy 7:13
  And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
• Deuteronomy 10:12
  And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
• Deuteronomy 10:15
  Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
• Deuteronomy 10:18
  He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
• Deuteronomy 10:19
  Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 11:1
  Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
• Deuteronomy 11:13
  And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
• Deuteronomy 11:22
  For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
• Deuteronomy 13:3
  Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Deuteronomy 15:16
  And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,
• Deuteronomy 19:9
  If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
• Deuteronomy 21:15
  If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
• Deuteronomy 21:16
  Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
• Deuteronomy 23:5
  Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
• Deuteronomy 30:6
  And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
• Deuteronomy 30:16
  In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
• Deuteronomy 30:20
  That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Joshua

• Joshua 22:5
  But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
• Joshua 23:11
  Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

Judges

• Judges 5:31
  So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
• Judges 14:16
  And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
• Judges 16:4
  And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
• Judges 16:15
  And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

Ruth

• Ruth 4:15
  And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1:5
  But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
• 1 Samuel 16:21
  And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.
• 1 Samuel 18:1
  And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
• 1 Samuel 18:16
  But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.
• 1 Samuel 18:20
  And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
• 1 Samuel 18:22
  And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
• 1 Samuel 18:28
  And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
• 1 Samuel 20:17
  And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:23
  Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
• 2 Samuel 12:24
  And David comforted Bath–sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
• 2 Samuel 13:1
  And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 13:4
  And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
• 2 Samuel 13:15
  Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.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!”
• 2 Samuel 19:6
  In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 3:3
  And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 1 Kings 5:1
  And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
• 1 Kings 10:9
  Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
• 1 Kings 11:1
  But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 9:8
  Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
• 2 Chronicles 11:21
  And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
• 2 Chronicles 19:2
  And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
• 2 Chronicles 20:7
  Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
• 2 Chronicles 26:10
  Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 1:5
  And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
• Nehemiah 13:26
  Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.

Esther

• Esther 2:17
  And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
• Esther 5:10
  Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
• Esther 5:14
  Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
• Esther 6:13
  And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

Job

• Job 19:19
  All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

Psalms

• Psalm 4:2
  O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
• Psalm 5:11
  But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
• Psalm 11:5
  The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
• Psalm 11:7
  For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
• Psalm 26:8
  LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
• Psalm 31:23
  O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
• Psalm 33:5
  He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
• Psalm 34:12
  What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
• Psalm 37:28
  For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
• Psalm 38:11
  My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
• Psalm 40:16
  Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
• Psalm 45:7
  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
• Psalm 47:4
  He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
• Psalm 52:3
  Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
• Psalm 52:4
  Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
• Psalm 69:36
  The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
• Psalm 70:4
  Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
• Psalm 78:68
  But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
• Psalm 87:2
  The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
• Psalm 88:18
  Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
• Psalm 97:10
  Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
• Psalm 99:4
  The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Psalm 109:17
  As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
• Psalm 116:1
  I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
• Psalm 119:47
  And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
• Psalm 119:48
  My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
• Psalm 119:97
  O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
• Psalm 119:113
  I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
• Psalm 119:119
  Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
• Psalm 119:127
  Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Psalm 119:132
  Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
• Psalm 119:140
  Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
• Psalm 119:159
  Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
• Psalm 119:163
  I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
• Psalm 119:165
  Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
• Psalm 119:167
  My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
• Psalm 122:6
  Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
• Psalm 145:20
  The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
• Psalm 146:8
  The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:22
  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 3:12
  For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
• Proverbs 4:6
  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
• Proverbs 8:17
  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
• Proverbs 8:21
  That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
• Proverbs 8:36
  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
• Proverbs 9:8
  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
• Proverbs 12:1
  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• Proverbs 13:24
  He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
• Proverbs 14:20
  The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
• Proverbs 15:9
  The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
• Proverbs 15:12
  A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
• Proverbs 16:13
  Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
• Proverbs 17:17
  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
• Proverbs 17:19
  He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
• Proverbs 18:21
  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
• Proverbs 18:24
  A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
• Proverbs 19:8
  He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
• Proverbs 20:13
  Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
• Proverbs 21:17
  He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
• Proverbs 22:11
  He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
• Proverbs 27:6
  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
• Proverbs 29:3
  Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 3:8
  A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
• Ecclesiastes 5:10
  He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9
  Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 1:3
  Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
• Song of Solomon 1:4
  Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
• Song of Solomon 1:7
  Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
• Song of Solomon 3:1
  By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
• Song of Solomon 3:2
  I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
• Song of Solomon 3:3
  The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
• Song of Solomon 3:4
  It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:23
  Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Isaiah 41:8
  But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
• Isaiah 43:4
  Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
• Isaiah 48:14
  All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
• Isaiah 56:6
  Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
• Isaiah 56:10
  His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Isaiah 57:8
  Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
• Isaiah 61:8
  For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
• Isaiah 66:10
  Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:25
  Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
• Jeremiah 5:31
  The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
• Jeremiah 8:2
  And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
• Jeremiah 14:10
  Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”
• Jeremiah 20:4
  For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
• Jeremiah 20:6
  And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
• Jeremiah 22:20
  Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.
• Jeremiah 22:22
  The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.
• Jeremiah 30:14
  All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
• Jeremiah 31:3
  The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.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.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 1:2
  She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
• Lamentations 1:19
  I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:33
  They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
• Ezekiel 16:36
  Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
• Ezekiel 16:37
  Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
• Ezekiel 23:5
  And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
• Ezekiel 23:9
  Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
• Ezekiel 23:22
  Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—

Daniel

• Daniel 9:4
  And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Hosea

• Hosea 2:5
  For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
• Hosea 2:7
  And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
• Hosea 2:10
  And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
• Hosea 2:12
  And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
• Hosea 2:13
  And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
• Hosea 3:1
  Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.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 offer raisin cakes to idols.”
• Hosea 4:18
  Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
• Hosea 9:1
  Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
• Hosea 9:10
  I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal–peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
• Hosea 10:11
  And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
• Hosea 11:1
  When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
• Hosea 12:7
  He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
• Hosea 14:4
  I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

Amos

• Amos 4:5
  And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
• Amos 5:15
  Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Micah

• Micah 3:2
  Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
• Micah 6:8
  He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Zechariah

• Zechariah 8:17
  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
• Zechariah 8:19
  Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
• Zechariah 13:6
  And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

Malachi

• Malachi 1:2
  I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
• Malachi 2:11
  Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).