1 Peter 4:8

Good News Translation

Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:12

Hate stirs up trouble, but love forgives all offenses.

Proverbs 12:16

When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known. Smart people will ignore an insult.

Proverbs 17:9

If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.

Proverbs 18:13

Listen before you answer. If you don't, you are being stupid and insulting.

1 Corinthians 13:1

I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;

Colossians 3:14

And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Our friends, we must thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.

1 Timothy 1:5

The purpose of this order is to arouse the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith.

Hebrews 13:1

Keep on loving one another as Christians.

James 5:12

Above all, my friends, do not use an oath when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Say only “Yes” when you mean yes, and “No” when you mean no, and then you will not come under God's judgment.

James 5:20

remember this: whoever turns a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner's soul from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.

3 John 1:2

My dear friend, I pray that everything may go well with you and that you may be in good health—as I know you are well in spirit.