Lexicon :: Strong's H157 - 'āhaḇ

Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when it was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

Jonathan once again swore to David[fn] in his love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.

Saul and Jonathan,

loved and delightful,

they were not parted in life or in death.

They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba; he went to her and slept with her. She gave birth to a son and named[fn] him Solomon.[fn] The LORD loved him,

Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.

“by loving your enemies and hating those who love you! Today you have made it clear that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. In fact, today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would be fine with you![fn]

Solomon loved the LORD by walking in the statutes of his father David, but he also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

King Hiram of Tyre sent his emissaries to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place, for Hiram had always been friends with David.

King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired eighteen wives and sixty concubines and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Then Jehu son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him[fn] and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the LORD’s wrath is on you.

Are you not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and who gave it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?

Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills[fn] and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.[fn]

I said,

LORD, the God of the heavens, the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps his gracious covenant with those who love him and keep his commands,

“Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.

The king loved Esther more than all the other women. She won more favor and approval from him than did any of the other virgins. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

Yet Haman controlled himself and went home. He sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh to join him.

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.”

All of my best friends[fn] despise me,

and those I love have turned against me.

How long, exalted ones,[fn] will my honor be insulted?

How long will you love what is worthless

and pursue a lie?Selah

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

let them shout for joy forever.

May you shelter them,

and may those who love your name boast about you.

The LORD examines the righteous,

but he hates the wicked

and[fn] those who love violence.

LORD, I love the house where you dwell,

the place where your glory resides.

Love the LORD, all his faithful ones.

The LORD protects the loyal,

but fully repays the arrogant.

He loves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of the LORD’s unfailing love.

Who is someone who desires life,

loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

For the LORD loves justice

and will not abandon his faithful ones.

They are kept safe forever,

but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,

and my relatives stand at a distance.

Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;

let those who love your salvation continually say,

“The LORD is great! ”

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;

therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy

more than your companions.

He chooses for us our inheritance —

the pride of Jacob, whom he loves.Selah

You love evil instead of good,

lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah

The descendants of his servants will inherit it,

and those who love his name will live in it.

Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;

let those who love your salvation

continually say, “God is great! ”

He chose instead the tribe of Judah,

Mount Zion, which he loved.

The LORD loves Zion’s city gates

more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;

darkness is my only friend.[fn]

You who love the LORD, hate evil!

He protects the lives of his faithful ones;

he rescues them from the power of the wicked.

The mighty King loves justice.

You have established fairness;

you have administered justice

and righteousness in Jacob.

He loved cursing ​— ​let it fall on him;

he took no delight in blessing ​— ​let it be far from him.

I love the LORD because he has heard

my appeal for mercy.

I delight in your commands,

which I love.