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Love in the Tanah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This selection of verses was hand-picked in honour of St. Valentine’s Day<\/strong> for your personal and group reflection and discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesis 22:2<\/strong>
\u201cThen God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love<\/strong>, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exodus 34:6<\/strong>
\u201cAnd he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love<\/strong> and faithfulness\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leviticus 19:34<\/strong>
\u201cThe alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love<\/strong> him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numbers 14:18<\/strong>
\u201c’The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love<\/strong> and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deuteronomy 11:13-22<\/strong>
So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today–to love<\/strong> the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul–  then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.  I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua 23:11
<\/strong>\u201cSo be very careful to love<\/strong> the LORD your God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judges 5:31<\/strong>
“So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may they who love<\/strong> you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Samuel 20:17<\/strong>
\u201cAnd Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love<\/strong> for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job 15:34<\/strong>
\u201cFor the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love<\/strong> bribes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 42:8<\/strong>
\u201cBy day the LORD directs his love<\/strong>, at night his song is with me– a prayer to the God of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proverbs 10:12<\/strong>
\u201cHatred stirs up dissension, but love<\/strong> covers over all wrongs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Song of Solomon 8:4-8<\/strong>
\u201cDaughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love<\/strong> until it so desires\u2026  for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.  Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 66:10<\/strong>
“Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love<\/strong> her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamentations 3:32<\/strong>
\u201cThough he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosea 12:6<\/strong>
\u201cBut you must return to your God; maintain love<\/strong> and justice, and wait for your God always.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zephaniah 3:17<\/strong>
\u201cThe LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love<\/strong>, he will rejoice over you with singing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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