Valentine’s Day is all about expressing your love for one another. There aren’t many better ways to do this than by picking out a few romantic Bible verses and showing your partner just how much they mean to you.
A godly relationship rooted in Jesus delights in the simple pleasures, being together and abiding in His Word. God knew what love, real love, can do: it’s strong, fearless and one of the greatest gifts He gave us. But what are some of most romantic Bible verses about love that exemplify this in a relationship and marriage? We’ve put together a list of some of our favorites below.
Romantic Bible Verses About Joyful Love: The Song of Solomon
These romantic bible verses about love from Song of Solomon, as we know, can be quite revealing, but that was intentional. This kind of beautiful, fulfilling love exists, and it’s a wondrous thing to share in it together and to be grateful that you’ve found the one your soul loves. Below, we’ve laid out our favorite Bible quotes about love from The Song of Solomon.
Song of Solomon 3:4
Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
Song of Solomon 2:16
My lover is mine, and I am his.
Song of Solomon 4:9
You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace.
Song of Solomon 4:10
Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices.
Song of Solomon 1:16
You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words!
Song of Solomon 1:2
Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
Romantic Bible Verses About Strength in Love: Proverbs
Love also encapsulates the storms of life; it can’t escape them, and so both of your love will stand strong, or will be hurt. Forgiveness and showing love can be hard at times, and even may seem impossible, but do it. Grow closer together. If God brought you two together, fight for one another, believe in one another. Put it in perspective with the help of these beautiful, Bible quotes about love.
Proverbs 17:9
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.
Proverbs 30:18-19
There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman.
Romantic Bible Verses About Sacrificial Love
Love is sacrificial. Jacob knew this. Love is also so deep that it spans across time. Always treasure the love you have for one another. Remember the sacrifices. Remember the giving of yourself and of your partner. In marriage, giving yourself up for the sake of another is one of the most beautiful truths to this life-long commitment.
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Lastly, don’t forget what love is. Where are you both today? How far have you come? Continue to hold fast to the hope within you. Continue to hold fast to the hope and love in God’s Word and what He declares over you. Today, hold each other tighter, rejoice in the truth and always trust in each other’s love.
1 Corinthians 13:4–8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails…
