Proverbs 20:28   (Read all of Proverbs 20)

Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.

Proverbs 21:17   (Read all of Proverbs 21)

Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:21   (Read all of Proverbs 21)

Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

Proverbs 22:11   (Read all of Proverbs 22)

One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.

Proverbs 27:5   (Read all of Proverbs 27)

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Proverbs 29:3   (Read all of Proverbs 29)

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Ecclesiastes 3:8   (Read all of Ecclesiastes 3)

a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 5:10   (Read all of Ecclesiastes 5)

Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 9:1   (Read all of Ecclesiastes 9)

So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.

Ecclesiastes 9:6   (Read all of Ecclesiastes 9)

Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9   (Read all of Ecclesiastes 9)

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun-all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

Song of Solomon 1:2   (Read all of Song of Solomon 1)

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth- for your love is more delightful than wine.

Song of Solomon 1:3   (Read all of Song of Solomon 1)

Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!

Song of Solomon 1:4   (Read all of Song of Solomon 1)

Take me away with you-let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you ; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you!

Song of Solomon 1:5   (Read all of Song of Solomon 1)

Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 1:7   (Read all of Song of Solomon 1)

Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?

Song of Solomon 2:4   (Read all of Song of Solomon 2)

Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.

Song of Solomon 2:5   (Read all of Song of Solomon 2)

Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Song of Solomon 2:7   (Read all of Song of Solomon 2)

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

Song of Solomon 2:14   (Read all of Song of Solomon 2)

My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Song of Solomon 3:1   (Read all of Song of Solomon 3)

All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3:2   (Read all of Song of Solomon 3)

I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3:3   (Read all of Song of Solomon 3)

The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. "Have you seen the one my heart loves?"

Song of Solomon 3:4   (Read all of Song of Solomon 3)

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.