1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind; it does not envy or boast and is not proud. Paul begins describing love by its concrete character.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Pet 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• Eph 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
• Gal 5:21–22and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Prov 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
• Col 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
• 1 Jn 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
• Prov 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
• Jas 3:14–17But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
• 1 Jn 3:16–18By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
• 2 Pet 1:7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
• 1 Pet 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
• Luke 6:35–36But 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.
• 1 Th 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
• Eph 4:2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
• 2 Cor 6:6in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
• Prov 19:22The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
• Eccl 7:8–9The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
• Gal 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
• 2 Tim 4:2Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
• Col 1:11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
• 1 Cor 4:6Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
• 2 Tim 3:10You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
• 1 Pet 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
• Prov 31:20She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
• Neh 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.
• Prov 31:26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
• Phil 2:1–5Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
• Prov 13:10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
• Prov 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
• Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
• Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
• 1 Cor 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?
• Ps 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
• Eccl 10:4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
• 2 Tim 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
• 1 Tim 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
• 1 Cor 4:18Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
• 1 Cor 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
• Rom 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,
• Dan 3:19–22At 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,

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