• Matthew 22:36-39
  "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
   
• Deuteronomy 6:4-6
  "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 'And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
   
• Deuteronomy 10:12
  “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
   
• Mark 12:28-30
  Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: "Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." This is the first commandment.
   
• Luke 14:26
  "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
   
• 1 John 5:3
  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
   
• Mark 12:32-34
  So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” But after that no one dared question Him.
   

Related Scriptures

• Psalm 10:4
  The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
  God is in none of his thoughts.
   
• Proverbs 4:23
  Keep your heart with all diligence,
  For out of it spring the issues of life.
  
   
• Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
   
• John 17:3
  And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
   
• Romans 6:16
  Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?