How many times is love mentioned in the Bible?

711 times in the Berean Standard Bible (619 verses) and 492 times in the King James Version (415 verses).

Counts include love, loves, loved and loving (and the KJV’s lovest and loveth), as a noun or a verb.

Where it appears most (BSB)

First verses (BSB)

1. Genesis 22:2

   “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.”

2. Genesis 24:67

   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.

3. Genesis 25:28

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

4. Genesis 27:4

   Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

5. Genesis 27:9

   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.

6. Genesis 27:14

   So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

7. Genesis 29:18

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

8. Genesis 29:20

   So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

9. Genesis 29:30

   Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

10. Genesis 29:32

    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.”

11. Genesis 34:3

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

12. Genesis 37:3

    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.

Counted by Steady across all 31,086 BSB verses and 31,102 KJV verses, matching whole words, any capitalization. Count any other word with the Bible word counter.