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Genesis 22:2 אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ you love

“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 וַיֶּאֱהָבֶ֑הָ and he loved her

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 וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב אֹהֶ֥בֶת and he loved, [was] loving

Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 27:4 אָהַ֛בְתִּי I love

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 אָהֵֽב׃ he loves

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 אָהֵ֥ב he 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 וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב and he loved

Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Genesis 29:30 וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב and he loved

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 יֶאֱהָבַ֥נִי he 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 וַיֶּֽאֱהַב֙ and he loved

And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

Genesis 37:3 אָהַ֤ב he loved

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 אָהַ֤ב he loved

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 אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ he loves 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 20:6 לְאֹהֲבַ֖י to [those who] love me

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Exodus 21:5 אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙ I love

But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

Leviticus 19:18 וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ and you will love

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 וְאָהַבְתָּ֥ and you will love

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 4:37 אָהַב֙ he loved

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 לְאֹהֲבַ֖י of [those who] love me

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Deuteronomy 6:5 וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ and you will love

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 לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו to [those who] love him

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 וַאֲהֵ֣בְךָ֔ and he will love you

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 וּלְאַהֲבָ֣ה and to love

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 לְאַהֲבָ֣ה to love

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 וְאֹהֵ֣ב and [he is] loving

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10:19 וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם and you will love

So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 11:1 וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ and you will love

You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

Deuteronomy 11:13 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה to love

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 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה to love

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 אֹֽהֲבִים֙ loving

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 אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙ he loves you

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 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה to love

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 אֲהוּבָה֙ הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה [is] loved, the loved [one]

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 הָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔ה the loved [one]

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 אֲהֵֽבְךָ֖ he loved you

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 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה to love

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 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה to love

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 לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ by loving

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 22:5 לְ֠אַהֲבָה to love

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 לְאַהֲבָ֖ה to love

Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

Judges 5:31 וְאֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו and [those who] love him

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 אֲהַבְתָּ֔נִי you love me

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 וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב and he loved

Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Judges 16:15 אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ I love you

“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 4:15 אֲהֵבַ֙תֶךְ֙ she loves you

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 1:5 אָהֵ֔ב he loved

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 וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֣הֽוּ and he loved him

When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.

1 Samuel 18:1 וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֥הוּ and he loved him

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 אֹהֵ֖ב [were] loving

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

1 Samuel 18:20 וַתֶּאֱהַ֛ב and she loved

Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

1 Samuel 18:22 אֲהֵב֑וּךָ they love you

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 אֲהֵבַֽתְהוּ׃ she loved him

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

1 Samuel 20:17 אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ ס he loved him

And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

2 Samuel 1:23 הַנֶּאֱהָבִ֤ים <the> lovable

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 אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ he 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 וַיֶּאֱהָבֶ֖הָ and he 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 אֹהֵֽב׃ [am] loving

and 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 אֲהֵבָ֑הּ he had loved her

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 לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ אֹהֲבֶ֑יךָ by loving, [those who] love you

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 3:3 וַיֶּאֱהַ֤ב and he loved

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 אֹהֵ֗ב a friend

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 בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת because loves

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 אָהַ֞ב he loved

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 9:8 בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת because loves

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 וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב and he loved

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 תֶּאֱהָ֑ב will you love?

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 אֹֽהַבְךָ֖ friend your

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 אֹהֵ֥ב loving

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 1:5 לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו to [those who] love him

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 וְאָה֤וּב and loved

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 2:17 וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב and he loved

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 אֹהֲבָ֖יו friends his

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

Esther 5:14 אֹֽהֲבָ֗יו friends his

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 אֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו friends his

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 19:19 אָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי I love

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

Psalm 4:2 תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן will you love? !

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

Psalm 5:11 אֹהֲבֵ֥י [those who] love

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 וְאֹהֵ֣ב and [one who] loves

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

Psalm 11:7 אָהֵ֑ב he loves

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

Psalm 26:8 אָ֭הַבְתִּי I love

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Psalm 31:23 אֶֽהֱב֥וּ love

Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

Psalm 33:5 אֹ֭הֵב [he is] loving

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.

Psalm 34:12 אֹהֵ֥ב [who] loves?

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

Psalm 37:28 אֹ֘הֵ֤ב [is] loving

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 אֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀ friends my

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Psalm 40:16 אֹֽ֝הֲבֵ֗י [those who] love

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 אָהַ֣בְתָּ you have loved

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 אָהֵ֣ב he loved

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

Psalm 52:3 אָהַ֣בְתָּ you love

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

Psalm 52:4 אָהַ֥בְתָּ you love

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Psalm 69:36 וְאֹהֲבֵ֥י and [those who] love

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.

Psalm 70:4 אֹ֝הֲבֵ֗י [those who] love

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 אָהֵֽב׃ he loved

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Psalm 87:2 אֹהֵ֣ב [is] loving

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 88:18 אֹהֵ֣ב [one who] loves

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

Psalm 97:10 אֹהֲבֵ֥י O [you who] love

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 אָ֫הֵ֥ב he loves

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Psalm 109:17 וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ב and he loved

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 אָ֭הַבְתִּי I love

I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.

Psalm 119:47 אָהָֽבְתִּי׃ I love

I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

Psalm 119:48 אָהָ֗בְתִּי I love

I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

Psalm 119:97 אָהַ֥בְתִּי I love

Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

Psalm 119:113 אָהָֽבְתִּי׃ I love

The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.

Psalm 119:119 אָהַ֥בְתִּי I love

All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

Psalm 119:127 אָהַ֣בְתִּי I love

Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

Psalm 119:132 לְאֹהֲבֵ֥י to [those who] love

Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

Psalm 119:140 אֲהֵבָֽהּ׃ he loves it

Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

Psalm 119:159 אָהָ֑בְתִּי I love

Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

Psalm 119:163 אָהָֽבְתִּי׃ I love

I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

Psalm 119:165 לְאֹהֲבֵ֣י [belongs] to [those who] love

Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.

Psalm 119:167 וָאֹהֲבֵ֥ם and I have loved them

I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

Psalm 122:6 אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃ [those who] love you

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

Psalm 145:20 אֹהֲבָ֑יו [those who] love him

The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

Psalm 146:8 אֹהֵ֥ב [is] loving

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Proverbs 1:22 תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ will you love

“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 יֶאֱהַ֣ב he loves

for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 4:6 אֱהָבֶ֥הָ love her

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 8:17 אֹהֲבַ֣י אֵהָ֑ב [those who] love me, I love

I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

Proverbs 8:21 אֹהֲבַ֥י׀ [those who] love me

bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

Proverbs 8:36 אָ֣הֲבוּ they love

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

Proverbs 9:8 וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃ and he will love you

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 12:1 אֹהֵ֣ב אֹ֣הֵֽב [one who] loves, [is] loving

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 13:24 וְ֝אֹהֲב֗וֹ and [one who] loves him

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Proverbs 14:20 וְאֹהֲבֵ֖י and [those who] love

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Proverbs 15:9 יֶאֱהָֽב׃ he loves

The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

Proverbs 15:12 יֶאֱהַב־ he loves

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Proverbs 16:13 יֶאֱהָֽב׃ he loves

Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

Proverbs 17:17 אֹהֵ֣ב [is] loving

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:19 אֹ֣הֵֽב אֹהֵ֣ב [one who] loves, [is] loving

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

Proverbs 18:21 וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ and [those who] love it

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:24 אֹ֝הֵ֗ב [is one who] loves

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Proverbs 19:8 אֹהֵ֣ב [is] loving

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

Proverbs 20:13 תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב you love

Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

Proverbs 21:17 אֹהֵ֣ב אֹהֵ֥ב [one who] loves

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 22:11 אֹהֵ֥ב [one who] loves

He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

Proverbs 27:6 אוֹהֵ֑ב [one who] loves

The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Proverbs 29:3 אֹהֵ֣ב [who] loves

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

Ecclesiastes 3:8 לֶֽאֱהֹב֙ to love

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

Ecclesiastes 5:10 אֹהֵ֥ב אֹהֵ֥ב [one who] loves, [is] loving

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 אָהַ֗בְתָּ you love

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 Songs 1:3 אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ they love you

The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

Song of Songs 1:4 אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ ס they love you

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 Songs 1:7 שֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙ [O] whom it loves

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 Songs 3:1 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה whom it loves

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

Song of Songs 3:2 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה whom it loves

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 Songs 3:3 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֥ה whom it loves

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

Song of Songs 3:4 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה whom it loves

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 1:23 אֹהֵ֣ב [is] loving

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 אֹהֲבִֽי׃ friend my

“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

Isaiah 43:4 אֲהַבְתִּ֑יךָ I love you

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 אֲהֵב֔וֹ he loves him

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 וּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙ and to love

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 אֹהֲבֵ֖י [they] love

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 אָהַ֥בְתְּ you have loved

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 אֹהֵ֣ב [am] loving

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 אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ [those who] love it

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

Jeremiah 2:25 אָהַ֥בְתִּי I love

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 אָ֣הֲבוּ they have loved

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 אֲהֵב֜וּם they loved them

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 אָֽהֲבוּ֙ they have loved

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 iniquity and punish them for their sins.”

Jeremiah 20:4 אֹהֲבֶ֗יךָ friends your

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 אֹ֣הֲבֶ֔יךָ friends your

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 מְאַהֲבָֽיִךְ׃ lovers your

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 וּֽמְאַהֲבַ֖יִךְ and lovers your

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 מְאַהֲבַ֣יִךְ lovers your

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 אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ I have loved you

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 1:2 אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ lovers her

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 לַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙ to <the> lovers my

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 16:33 מְאַֽהֲבַ֔יִךְ lovers your

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 מְאַהֲבָ֑יִךְ lovers your

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 מְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙ אָהַ֔בְתְּ lovers your, you loved

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 מְאַהֲבֶ֔יהָ lovers her

Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

Ezekiel 23:9 מְאַֽהֲבֶ֑יהָ lovers her

Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

Ezekiel 23:22 מְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙ lovers your

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 9:4 לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו to [those who] love him

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 2:5 מְאַהֲבַי֙ lovers my

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 מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ lovers her

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 מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָ lovers her

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 מְאַֽהֲבָ֑י lovers my

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 מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָ lovers her

I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 3:1 אֱֽהַב־ אֲהֻ֥בַת וְאֹהֲבֵ֖י love, [who] is loved of, and [are] loving

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 love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

Hosea 4:18 אָהֲב֥וּ הֵב֛וּ they have loved, love

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

Hosea 9:1 אָהַ֣בְתָּ you have loved

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 כְּאָהֳבָֽם׃ as loved they

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 אֹהַ֣בְתִּי [which] loved

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 וָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּ and I loved him

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Hosea 12:7 אָהֵֽב׃ he loves

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

Hosea 14:4 אֹהֲבֵ֖ם I will love them

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

Amos 4:5 אֲהַבְתֶּם֙ you love

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 וְאֶ֣הֱבוּ and love

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 3:2 וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי and lovers of

You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Micah 6:8 וְאַ֣הֲבַת and to love

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 8:17 תֶּאֱהָ֑בוּ you love

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 אֱהָֽבוּ׃ פ love

“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 מְאַהֲבָֽי׃ ס friends my

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 1:2 אָהַ֤בְתִּי אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ וָאֹהַ֖ב I have loved, have you loved us, and I loved

“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 אָהֵ֔ב he loves

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.