1 Corinthians 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity,
Love is not glad when injustice occurs. If you have love in your heart, this means that there is no room to be cheerful or full of joy when injustice, unrighteousness, or moral wrongs are committed around you.
When Moses was returning to Egypt after receiving from God the instructions […]

Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
You understand that God has commanded you to love the Lord with all your heart. In 1 Corinthians 13:5, we learn that love thinketh no evil. This means that you cannot harbor any thoughts in your mind against God that HE is […]

1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? And with whom has thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art […]

Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Jacob had sent his son Joseph to see how his brothers were doing. While Joseph was still a ways off, his brothers saw him and they conspired against him. Joseph’s brothers did not love their brother. In fact, they despised their brother because of […]

1 Samuel 20:3 And David swore moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
David knew that once […]

1 Corinthians 13:5 thinketh no evil;
Love does not think evil of another. This means that you must make a conscience effort to think good of others. How many times have you allowed yourself to think wrong of another person? Maybe they cut you off as you drove through town; maybe they did something that provoked […]

Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Jonah did not want to preach in Nineveh because he was afraid that the people of Nineveh would repent and that God would be merciful and forgive them. […]

Genesis 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Jacob loved Joseph and he gave Joseph a coat of many colors. Joseph’s brothers saw the coat and rather than love their brother, they allowed their jealousy to build […]

2 Samuel 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
Amnon, the son of King David had just raped his half-sister Tamar. Amnon had thought he loved his half-sister so he and a […]

2 Samuel 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
Paul tells us […]

1 Corinthians 13:5 is not easily provoked,
Love is not easily provoked. The Greek word translated in this passage as provoked means to irritate, to arouse with anger. Think of a young couple that is in love. While they are in love, the other can do no wrong. Each party is willing to trivialize the mistakes […]

Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther was faced with a difficult […]

Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: and so they went both of them together.
Abraham had been given the ultimate test by God: did he love God enough to do that which was not best in his own interests? Abraham had to wait many years […]

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice when HE voluntarily allowed mankind to nail HIM to the cross so that you might have the option of confessing your sins and drawing closer to God. No one made Christ die […]

Ephesians 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
In 1 Corinthians 13:5 we learn that love seeketh not her own. How easy is it for us to naturally be looking after our own needs that we fail to look after the needs of others. […]

1 Corinthians 13:5 seeketh not her own
Love seeketh not her own. This principle is best understood when we study Ephesians 5:28-29, when he wrote “So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth […]

Proverbs 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
In the previous verse, we were told that we were supposed to obtain wisdom and understanding. The understanding that we are supposed to obtain is the knowledge of the ways of God. Once we obtain wisdom and knowledge, it […]

1 Corinthians 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly
Love behaves itself. Love does not do something that is indecent. In this passage, the Hebrew word that is interpreted behave itself unseemly, is used one other time in scripture. In 1 Corinthians 7:36, Paul writes, But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his […]

Proverbs 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
When you were a child, your parents probably disciplined you when you did something that was wrong. Your parent may have even said something like this hurts me more than it hurts you or I am doing […]

1 Corinthians 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
The question arose whether it was proper to eat meat sacrificed unto idols. There were some Christians who had no problem with eating meat sacrificed unto idols. They understood that they were not worshiping […]

1 Corinthians 13:4 is not puffed up,
Love is not proud. In this passage we see another attribute of love in that it is not love to think more highly of yourself then you ought. We all have heard the verse that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. If we are to […]

Proverbs 2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
In verse 11 we see that those who obtain and delight in knowledge of the ways of God receive the benefit of discretion preserving them. In verse 12 we see that knowledge of the ways of God will deliver one from […]

Matthew 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ commands us to not make a big deal about the money we give. Christ explains how the hypocrites brag about their gifts and make sure everyone knows that […]

Matthew 26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
Peter made a statement that he was not able to perform. Jesus had told Peter that before the cock crowed three times, Peter would deny HIM. In a fashion typical for Peter, […]

Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Jesus spoke in a parable about two men who went out to pray. The first man was a Pharisee and he spent […]

1 Corinthians 13:4 charity vaunteth not itself,
Love does not boast. We all know them, individuals who spend a lot of time letting you know about their good deeds. However, that is not what love is all about. God resists the proud but HE gives grace to the humble. Those who are boasting in their own […]

I Corinthians 13:4 charity envieth not;
In Webster’s 1828 dictionary, he defines envy as “mortified that another has obtained what one has a strong desire to possess”. True love does not contain any envy. We know that love requires you to love your neighbor as yourself. In order to love your neighbor as yourself, this requires […]

Acts 27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Why is it when storms arise in our life God is not the first one we turn to? In this passage, we see that when the storm arose, these men did not automatically turn to God, the Creator of […]

1 Corinthians 13:4 … and is kind;
Love is kind. The principle of love being kind is demonstrated in the story of Ruth and Boaz. At the direction of Naomi, Ruth went to the threshing floor of Boaz and let him know that she was willing to be his wife. Boaz replied by saying Blessed be […]

1 Corinthians 13:4 Charity suffereth long,
Love is patient. A beautiful example of this principle is found in the story of Jacob and Rachel. We are told in scripture that Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. (Genesis 29:20).
We live in […]