What Does the Bible Say About Infatuation?

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 14 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...

1 John 4:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 Corinthians 6:15-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, ...

Romans 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

2 Samuel 13:1-19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her. And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man. And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.” Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’” ...

Titus 2:1-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. ...

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

Song of Solomon 8:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

James 1:1-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Psalm 144:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;

Romans 13:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Genesis 34:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Romans 3:1-9:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) ...

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

21 Bible Verses about Infatuation

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 51 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:15-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Samuel 13:1-19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Titus 2:1-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 8:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 1:1-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 144:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 13:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 34:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:1-9:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about Infatuation

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1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:15-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 13:1-19 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:1-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 8:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:1-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 144:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 51 helpful votes

1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 14 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:15-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Samuel 13:1-19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Titus 2:1-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 8:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 1:1-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 144:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 13:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 34:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:1-9:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote