What Does the Bible Say About Hugs?

Romans 5:8 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Acts 20:37 ESV / 40 helpful votes

And there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,

2 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 38 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 36 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 Corinthians 16:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes

All the brothers send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

1 Thessalonians 5:26 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

Romans 16:16 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

1 Peter 5:14 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

Luke 15:20 ESV / 30 helpful votes

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 30 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 30 helpful votes

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Proverbs 24:26 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.

Matthew 26:48-49 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.” And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him.

John 13:35 ESV / 26 helpful votes

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

1 Samuel 20:41 ESV / 25 helpful votes

And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 24 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Samuel 19:39 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. And the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 20 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 John 1:9 ESV / 19 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

John 15:13 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Hosea 13:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, “Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!”

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 17 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Romans 5:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

John 14:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Song of Solomon 2:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 16 helpful votes

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Galatians 3:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

John 14:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Luke 7:45 ESV / 15 helpful votes

You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 15 helpful votes

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

Proverbs 7:13 ESV / 15 helpful votes

She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,

Psalm 2:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 29:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 5 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

John 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Song of Solomon 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;

Exodus 12:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, ...

Genesis 21:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. ...

55 Bible Verses about Hugs

Romans 5:8 ESV / 40 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:37 ESV / 40 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 16:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:26 ESV / 34 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 16:16 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:14 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 15:20 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 24:26 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 26:48-49 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 13:35 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 20:41 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 19:39 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 John 1:9 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:13 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 13:2 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 2:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:45 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 7:13 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 2:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 29:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 12:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 21:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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