The idea of God’s love for sinners brings hope and salvation to a world where love often seems conditional. We learn important facts about the scope and depth of this heavenly love from the pages of the Bible, which may let us cling to the knowledge of God’s unfailing love for sinners as we go through life.
God’s Love For Sinners Bible Verses
It is an unending love that extends grace, forgiveness, and everlasting salvation to everyone who turns to Him in repentance. May we live each day in the light of God’s boundless mercy and compassion, and may we accept this divine love with open hearts.
God’s Unconditional Love
1. Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
2. John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
3. Ephesians 2:4-5
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
4. 1 John 4:9-10
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
5. Romans 8:38-39
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
6. Psalm 86:15
“But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
7. Lamentations 3:22–23
“Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
8. Isaiah 54:10
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
9. Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love, he will no longer rebuke you but will rejoice over you with singing.”
10. Jeremiah 31:3
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.'”
God’s Forgiving Love
11. Psalm 103:10–12
“He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
God’s Pursuing Love
12. Luke 15:4–7
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”
13. Ezekiel 34:16
“I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.”
14. Matthew 18:12–14
“What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly, I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.”
15. Hosea 11:4
“I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them, I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.”
16. Isaiah 53:6
“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
17. Matthew 9:13
“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
18. Luke 19:10
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
19. John 10:10
“The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.”
20. 2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.”
God’s Reconciling Love
21. Romans 5:10
“For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!”
God’s Transformative Love
22. 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
23. Ephesians 4:22–24
“You were taught, about your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
24. Titus 3:4-5
“But when the kindness and love of God, our Savior, appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
25. Ezekiel 36:26–27
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.”
26. Romans 12:2
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will.”
27. 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
“Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, and you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”
28. Colossians 1:21-22
“Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior, But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation.”
29. Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
30. 2 Corinthians 3:18
“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
God’s Everlasting Love
31. Psalm 136:26
“Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.”
God’s Comforting Love
32. Psalm 23:4
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me.”
33. Isaiah 41:10
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
34. Psalm 34:18
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
35. 2 Corinthians 1:3–4
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we receive from God.”
36. Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
37. Psalm 147:3
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
38. John 14:18
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
39. Romans 8:38–39
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
40. Isaiah 43:2
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”
41. 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.”
God’s Merciful Love
42. Psalm 103:8
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”
43. Psalm 145:8
“The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.”
44. Ephesians 2:4
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy…”
45. Titus 3:5
“He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
God’s Redeeming Love
46. Isaiah 44:22
“I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”
47. Galatians 3:13
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.'”
48. Psalm 130:7
“Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.”
49. Ephesians 1:7
“In him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, by the riches of God’s grace.”
50. 1 Peter 1:18–19
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
51. Colossians 1:13–14
“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
52. Psalm 111:9
“He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever—holy and awesome is his name.”
53. Hebrews 9:12
“He did not enter using the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.”
54. Revelation 5:9
“And they sang a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.'”
55. Psalm 130:8
“He will redeem Israel from all their sins.”
God’s Compassionate Love
56. Psalm 103:13–14
“As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.”
57. Lamentations 3:22–23
“Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
58. Isaiah 49:13
“Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.”
59. Psalm 86:15
“But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
60. 2 Corinthians 1:3
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.”
God’s Lovingkindness
61. Psalm 36:7
“How precious is your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore, the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.”
62. Psalm 63:3
“Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.”
63. Psalm 117:2
“For His merciful kindness is great toward us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!”
64. Isaiah 54:8
“With a little wrath, I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting kindness, I will have mercy on you, Says the Lord, your Redeemer.”
65. Isaiah 63:7
“I will mention the loving kindnesses of the Lord And the praises of the Lord, According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, According to the multitude of His lovingkindness.”
66. Ephesians 2:7
“That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
67. Titus 3:4
“But when the kindness and the love of God, our Savior, toward man appeared…”
68. Romans 2:4
“Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?”
69. Joel 2:13
“So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from harming.”
70. Psalm 69:16
“Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.”
Conclusion
God’s love for sinners is profound and boundless, extending far beyond our comprehension. It is a love that pursues us, redeems us, and transforms us. In His love, we find comfort, forgiveness, and eternal hope.
As we reflect on these verses, may we be reminded of the incredible depth of God’s love for every one of us, sinners though we may be. Let us respond to His love with gratitude, repentance, and a desire to walk in His ways all the days of our lives.
