Command 39: Love the Lord
Bible verses for meditation
In addition to meditation on Matthew 22:37–38, meditating on the verses below will provide you with further insight and understanding of Christ’s command: Love the Lord.
Exodus 34:14
“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
John 14:15
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
John 14:21
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
I John 5:3
“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
Matthew 10:37
“He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”
Deuteronomy 10:12–13
“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, to keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?”
I John 4:19
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
Proverbs 8:17
“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.”