1 Corinthians 13:4

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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

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“Love is patient, love is kind …” begins Paul’s famous description of love as action and character, not mere feeling. Real love is defined by how it treats others — patiently, kindly, without envy or pride.

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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

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“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”

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“Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”

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“The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 13:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 30:1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
  2. Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
  4. 1 Samuel 25:33Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
  5. 1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
  6. Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  7. Psalms 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
  8. Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
  9. Proverbs 13:10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
  10. Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
  11. Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
  12. Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
  13. Proverbs 25:8do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
  14. Proverbs 31:20She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
  15. Proverbs 31:26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
  16. Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
  17. Ecclesiastes 10:4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
  18. Daniel 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
  19. Matthew 27:18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
  20. Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
  21. Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
  22. Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
  23. Romans 13:13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
  24. 1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

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