God is love. God loves each and every one of us, as we are his children. He also instructs each of us to love our neighbors as ourselves. We are to treat strangers as though they are our relatives, and to be kind to everyone. By showing our love to others, we are being good representatives of God.
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.”
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.”
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.”
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, and the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.”
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,”
Deuteronomy 10:19 – “Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
Joshua 23:11 – “Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.”
Psalms 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.”
Psalms 122:6 – “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”
Proverbs 8:21 – “That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.”
Matthew 5:43 – 5:46 – “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?”
Matthew 19:19 – “Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Romans 8:28 – “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
