1 Corinthians 13:6
Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of 1 Corinthians 13
291 songs meet this passage
“I need to feel true love or it's got to end”
If You Had My Love · Jennifer Lopez
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:6
True love as Scripture describes isn't conditional on proof in advance; this song treats love as a transaction to be earned, a subtler contrast to selfless love.
“Never fall in love with a man who don't love you”
He's Mine · MoKenStef
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-6
Love described here is patient and not self-seeking; the song's version of love is possessive and keeps score instead.
“She would probably leave you alone”
If Your Girl Only Knew · Aaliyah
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-6
Love described here doesn't delight in another's unraveling relationship; the song's narrator takes satisfaction in a breakup she'd cause.
I Want to Come Over · Melissa Etheridge
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-6
The song frames love as urgent need and self-justification rather than patience or concern for others' wellbeing, the opposite of this description of love.
“Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?”
He Wasn't Man Enough · Toni Braxton
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-6
Love described here does not boast or delight in wrongdoing; the song's narrator does both, taking pleasure in another woman's humiliation.
From The Start · Laufey
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is self-focused longing for requital, a natural contrast to love described as patient and not self-seeking; a gentle reminder that romantic ache isn't the whole picture of love.
“It’s unchanging, heavy love”
Heavy Love · Mali Music
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The description of a love that can't be shaken or beaten echoes Paul's portrait of love that bears, endures, and never fails.
“It's too late for all that lovey-dovey shit”
Mob Ties · Drake
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here as patient and enduring is explicitly rejected in the song in favor of severed ties and self-protection.
Little Lies · ODIE
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The tender call to love in the moment of uncertainty reflects the patient, giving love Paul describes, even if the song never names its source.
“Ain't no real love, ain't no real love”
Enemies · Amir Obe
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The song's conclusion that real love doesn't exist between them stands against Paul's picture of patient, hoping, enduring love.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER · Billie Eilish
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here is patient and life-giving rather than consuming; the song's vision of love is intense but leans toward obsession rather than the self-giving, sober kind Paul describes.
Please Please Please · Sabrina Carpenter & Dolly Parton
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Love here is conditional on not causing embarrassment, a far cry from a love that bears and endures regardless of appearances.
“Far from perfect for each other, but we're working it out”
Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else · Benson Boone
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The song's casual acceptance of imperfection sits far from the patient, others-focused love Paul describes; here commitment seems conditional and easily unsettled.
Carry You Home · Alex Warren
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's whole posture of patient, risk-taking devotion resonates with this description of love that perseveres through uncertainty.
Stargazing · Myles Smith
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song places ultimate trust and identity in a romantic partner, where Scripture frames human love as reflecting, not replacing, a deeper love that doesn't fail.
“I never let my heart go all the way”
Just In Case · Morgan Wallen
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Real love described here risks everything and endures; the narrator's calculated self-protection is the opposite posture, holding back by design.
“my friends say, Let her go”
Last Night · Morgan Wallen
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here is patient and not easily provoked, a contrast to a relationship defined by fighting, slammed doors, and reconciliation through intoxication.
“if love's just a game, then come and play”
Azizam · Ed Sheeran
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Treating love as a game to play in the moment stands in some tension with love described as patient, enduring, and not self-seeking; this song isn't concerned with that depth.
“I don't need no light to see you”
golden hour · JVKE
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's devotion is sincere but centers on feeling and aesthetics rather than the patient, selfless love described here; worth noting as a different kind of love entirely.
“Honey, was it enough?”
Add Up My Love · Clairo
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The song measures love by whether it was 'enough' for another's approval; Paul describes love as something given freely, not weighed for a return.
“Be loving you 'til we're 70”
Thinking Out Loud · Ed Sheeran
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vision of patient, enduring love through aging and change mirrors this picture of love that perseveres and does not fail.
“Love's a game, wanna play?”
Blank Space · Taylor Swift
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Real love is patient and does not keep score or seek conquest, the opposite of the game being described here.
“And my daddy said, Stay away from Juliet”
Love Story (Taylor’s Version) · Taylor Swift
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The young lovers' patient devotion despite obstacles mirrors love's perseverance, even if the song never names its source.
willow · Taylor Swift
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love bends completely to the other's whims and scars without examining whether that love is patient or kind; true love also requires discernment, not just surrender.
“I'd catch a grenade for ya”
Grenade · Bruno Mars
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True love is patient and does not keep score or demand suffering to prove itself; this song's version of love is sacrificial but one-sided and consuming.
“Only partly / I only love my bed and my momma”
God's Plan · Drake
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The flippant dismissal of romantic commitment stands against Paul's picture of love as patient, sacrificial, and others-focused.
“Kiki, do you love me? Are you riding?”
In My Feelings · Drake
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song frames love as a loyalty test tied to spending and status, far from the patient, selfless love Paul describes.
Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) · Post Malone & Swae Lee
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The narrator's loyalty is framed as uncertain and conditional ('it's out of my control'), unlike love that always perseveres and bears all things.
“Now I gotta let you go”
Heat Waves · Glass Animals
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Letting someone go for their own good, even painfully, brushes against love's selflessness described here.
“I loved you with a fire red, now it's turning blue”
Apologize · OneRepublic
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here 'keeps no record of wrongs,' a sharp contrast to the song's fading love and refusal to let go of the offense.
when the party's over · Billie Eilish
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here protects and seeks the other's good; the song's love is tangled with self-admitted harm, so letting go becomes the more loving act, in contrast to clinging.
“Maybe you never cared at all”
good 4 u · Olivia Rodrigo
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The song mourns a love that didn't bear or endure; it implicitly longs for the patient, persevering love Paul describes, even while despairing of it.
“You can't love anyone, 'cause that would mean you had a heart”
vampire · Olivia Rodrigo
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her description of a love that only takes and never gives stands against Paul's picture of real love, which is patient, kind, and not self-seeking.
MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) · Lil Nas X
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love as Scripture describes it rejoices in truth; this line settles for comforting deception over real intimacy.
Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON) · Justin Bieber
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Genuine love described here doesn't waver with convenience or distance; the song's mention of leaving while professing devotion sits uneasily beside this standard.
“Cause I'm missing more than just your body”
Sorry · Justin Bieber
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Love described here is patient and selfless; the song's apology is tangled with physical longing, which clouds whether the sorrow is really about the other person.
“I know I can treat you better than he can”
Treat You Better · Shawn Mendes
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here doesn't boast or seek its own advantage, while the narrator's offer is wrapped in self-promotion and comparison.
Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa) · Maroon 5
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul's picture of love that keeps no record of wrongs stands opposite the song's tallying of betrayal and resentment.
“We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain”
Wrecking Ball · Miley Cyrus
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The love described here is possessive and consuming rather than patient or protective, a contrast to the self-giving love Paul describes.
“Know my love infinite, nothin' I wouldn't do”
positions · Ariana Grande
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul's description of love as patient, selfless, and enduring is a far deeper vision than the song's physical/service-oriented 'infinite love.'
“Girl, you're my reflection, all I see is you”
Mirrors · Justin Timberlake
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The devotion and steadfastness described here align with love's patient, all-in character, though the song centers on romantic feeling rather than sacrificial love.
“All your perfect imperfections”
All of Me · John Legend
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The commitment to love someone's flaws and all mirrors love that 'bears all things' and isn't easily provoked by imperfection.
“We're passed the infatuation phase”
Ordinary People · John Legend
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's move past infatuation into patient, willful love mirrors Paul's description of love as endurance and choice, not just feeling.
“Your love's got the best of me”
Crazy In Love (feat. JAŸ-Z) · Beyoncé
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Paul's portrait of love is patient and selfless; this song's love is consuming and destabilizing, a very different (though not wicked) picture of what love does to a person.
Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko) · Rihanna
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The love described here is anxious and consuming rather than patient, secure, and freeing, a contrast to the kind of love Paul describes.
Mockingbird · Eminem
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The whole song's posture, promising to endure, protect, and hope for his daughters no matter what, resembles the patient, protective love Paul describes.
“Is it anything and everything you hoped for?”
All The Stars · Kendrick Lamar, SZA
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song questions whether love lives up to hope, while Scripture describes love's patient, selfless nature as the standard that answers that ache.
Time · NF
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The commitment to patience and endurance through conflict echoes love's perseverance described here, even without explicit faith language.
One · U2
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love as something that makes you crawl and leaves only hurt stands in sharp tension with Paul's vision of love as patient, kind, and enduring.
Where the Streets Have No Name (New Edit U218) · U2
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's image of love being built and then destroyed stands against the steadfast, enduring love Paul describes.
“love is not some kind of victory march”
Hallelujah · Leonard Cohen
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Paul's vision of patient, enduring love stands against the song's picture of love as conquest and defeat, highlighting the brokenness the singer confesses.
“Oh, girl, you stand by me”
Faithfully · Journey
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The steadfast, patient loyalty the singer praises in his partner mirrors Paul's description of love that 'bears all things' and 'endures all things.'
November Rain · Guns N' Roses
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vision of love as something that can simply fade or be 'let go' sits in contrast with love described as patient, enduring, and not easily giving up.
In My Life · The Beatles
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love that keeps its warmth for the past while still growing toward someone new reflects the patient, enduring quality praised in this passage.
“What is love?”
Landslide (Remastered) · Fleetwood Mac
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her question opens toward the deeper definition of love Scripture gives: patient, enduring, not self-seeking, something she seems to be searching for amid uncertainty.
The Chain · Fleetwood Mac
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The song's vision of love, tangled in resentment and unbreakable obligation, stands far from the patient, trusting love Paul describes.
“It's not in the way that you came back to me”
Hold the Line · Toto
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul's description of love as patient and enduring offers a deeper, others-focused vision than the song's uncertain, self-referential searching for proof of love.
“Never opened myself this way”
Nothing Else Matters · Metallica
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The vulnerability and patience described mirrors the self-giving, trusting posture Paul describes as the heart of real love.
“I ain't gon' do you wrong while you're gone”
Respect · Aretha Franklin
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her vow of faithfulness while her partner is away echoes love's quality of trust and loyalty.
Total Eclipse of the Heart · Bonnie Tyler
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The song's vision of love is frantic and consuming rather than patient and steady, a picture of need more than the selfless love Paul describes.
Beautiful Crazy · Luke Combs
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's delight in her quirks without trying to change her mirrors love that is patient, kind, and not easily provoked.
“We mighta took the long way”
You're Still The One (Remastered 2023) · Shania Twain
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of patient, enduring love that outlasts doubt mirrors this description of love that bears all things.
“Gave our hearts, made the start, and it was hard”
Remember When · Alan Jackson
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's portrait of patient, enduring love through hardship mirrors Paul's description of love that bears and endures all things.
“I think this is how love goes”
Check Yes or No · George Strait
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The simple, patient persistence of their love from childhood note to marriage reflects the steady, enduring quality of real love described here.
Die a Happy Man · Thomas Rhett
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The song's love is warm but entirely romantic and self-referential; it doesn't touch the selfless, patient love Paul describes, though it isn't opposed to it either.
Beauty and the Beast · Angela Lansbury & Disney
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The tentative, patient unfolding of affection reflects the patient, hopeful quality of love Paul describes, even without naming God.
Go Your Own Way · Fleetwood Mac
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is tangled with resentment and control, a far cry from the patient, non-self-seeking love described here.
“I will wait and I'll wait for you”
In Love · Kid Cudi
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Patient waiting and hoping for another person reflects the patience that marks real love, though the song doesn't define love beyond feeling.
“Love, the dangerous necessity that people seek without regard”
Drunk and Hot Girls (feat. Mos Def) · Kanye West
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Calling love a 'dangerous necessity' pursued without regard is nearly the opposite of the patient, others-centered love described here.
Te Quiero · Flex
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Where this song elevates a partner to the source of life and breath itself, Scripture frames human love as patient and kind but ultimately pointing beyond itself; placing a person at the center of one's whole existence isn't the song's intent but is worth noting as a tension.
“And if I told you that I loved you”
Shape of My Heart · Sting
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Where Paul describes love as open and unguarded, the narrator fears naming love directly, suggesting a heart that longs for love but still hides behind a mask.
“Amar es sufrir, querer es gozar”
Amar y Querer · José José
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's claim that true love suffers and gives mirrors Paul's description of love as patient, enduring, and not self-seeking.
“I find it very, very easy to be true”
I Walk the Line · Johnny Cash
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The ease of faithfulness described here mirrors love's patient, steadfast character rather than mere obligation.
“you can't love me like you say you do”
I Need Us · Rob49 & Loe Shimmy
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The song's version of love is transactional and physical, far from the patient, selfless love Paul describes.
“犠牲になった愛がcryしても”
Rage your dream · m.o.v.e
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The lyric accepts love's pain as an acceptable casualty of ambition, while this passage frames real love as patient and enduring, never something to be discarded for personal gain.
“I promise I will love her until eternity”
Cupid · Sam Cooke
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vow of eternal love is sincere but rests on a wish granted by chance (Cupid's arrow) rather than the patient, chosen love Paul describes.
Black Friday · Tom Odell
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The song's picture of love is shadowed by distrust and self-doubt, a contrast to this vision of love that bears and believes and hopes.
“Love the simulation we're dreaming in”
Physical · Dua Lipa
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Describing love as a thrilling 'simulation' trades the patient, enduring love Scripture describes for a fleeting high.
I'm In Love With a Monster · Fifth Harmony
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The song's whole picture of love as volatile and 'ticking me off' stands far from love described as patient, kind, and not easily provoked.
So Amazing · Luther Vandross
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's joyful, steadfast devotion reflects the patient, hopeful character of love described here, even without spiritual framing.
“I am dying to believe you”
Say My Name (feat. Bebe Rexha & J Balvin) [Sidney Samson Extended Mix] · David Guetta
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's uncertain, fragile love contrasts with the patient, trustworthy love Scripture describes as love's true measure.
Say My Name · David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin
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The song's picture of love is anxious and conditional on being told what one wants to hear, a contrast to the patient, trusting love described here.
“Keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn”
Under Pressure (Live) [2025 Remaster] · David Bowie
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Where the song finds love fragile and torn, Paul describes a love that endures and does not fail, a fuller hope than the song dares claim.
She Ain't Worth It · Glenn Medeiros
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Real love bears and endures rather than keeping score of being wronged; the song's response to being hurt is dismissal and judgment rather than patience or reflection.
“Well darlin', I'll set you free”
Love Will Lead You Back (Single Edit) · Taylor Dayne
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Letting go rather than clinging echoes love's patience and its refusal to insist on its own way, even if the song's reasoning is more romantic fate than selfless love.
“Love cuts just like a knife”
Don't Wanna Fall In Love · Jane Child
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The song frames love as a wound to fend off, while this passage describes love's actual character as patient, trusting, and protective rather than something to fear.
Sending All My Love · Linear
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The song's love is entirely about longing and feeling; it never moves toward the patient, others-centered love Scripture describes, though it isn't opposed to it either.
“You're so trusting and open”
I Don't Have the Heart · James Ingram
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Love described here endures and commits; the song's love cannot meet that standard, highlighting the gap between affection and the fuller love being hoped for.
“They have nothing that'll ever capture your heart”
Downtown Train · Rod Stewart
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The singer's claim on her heart is possessive longing rather than the patient, others-centered love Paul describes.
Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) · Soul II Soul
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The song's picture of love is transactional ('how ever do you want me') rather than the patient, others-focused love Paul describes; it's a modest contrast, not a hostile one.
“I promise to love faithfully”
Here and Now · Luther Vandross
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vow of faithful, patient love mirrors this classic description of what real love looks like in practice.
Have You Seen Her · MC Hammer
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The song never develops what love actually requires beyond longing and desire; Paul's definition points to the deeper substance missing here.
With Every Beat of My Heart · Taylor Dayne
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The song's picture of love is excitement and anticipation, while Scripture's fuller portrait of love includes patience, sacrifice, and steadiness that this song doesn't address.
“Let's break these chains, our love can free us”
How Can We Be Lovers · Michael Bolton
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The hope that love can overcome strife echoes Paul's vision of love as patient, enduring, and able to bear hard things, though the song never names the source of that love.
Ready or Not · After 7
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The language of total self-giving love touches on the selfless, patient love Paul describes, though here it's romantic rather than the broader love Paul has in view.
Love Song · Tesla
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Paul grounds enduring love in patience and truth as a reflection of God's character, whereas the song treats love as a near-magical force that simply finds its way.
“And when you needed me I came through”
I Remember You · Skid Row
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of steadfast presence and showing up for someone mirrors love's patient, enduring character described here.
Romeo (Radio Edit) · Dino
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is all excitement and feeling, with none of the patience, selflessness, or endurance Paul describes as love's true substance.
C'Mon and Get My Love (feat. Cathy Dennis) [Dancehall Mix] · D-Mob
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The song's love is expressed mostly as desire and pursuit of pleasure, lacking the patience, selflessness, and depth that Paul describes as the fuller measure of love.
(It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me (Radio Edit) · Paula Abdul
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Paul's description of love is selfless and others-focused, while this song's love is defined mainly by what it does for the singer's own feelings and desires.
Without You · Mötley Crüe
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's devotion and loyalty echo real qualities of love described here, even though it never reaches past the relationship itself.
Rush Rush · Paula Abdul
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is defined almost entirely by feeling and physical pull, while Scripture frames real love as patient, selfless, and enduring beyond emotion.
“Can't we give it one more try”
One More Try · Timmy T
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The plea for restored love touches on themes of patience and hope that bears all things, though the song doesn't explore love's deeper character.
“I know our love will always be there”
I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) · Hi-Five
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The song's confidence in lasting love is sweet but untested; Paul's description of love is patient and enduring through trial, something a song this light doesn't explore.
Because I Love You (The Postman Song) [1998 Version] · Stevie B
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The steady, patient devotion described here mirrors love's call to bear with and stay present for another.
Joyride · Roxette
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's giddy, surface-level romance stands apart from the patient, selfless love Paul describes.
“I will always be the one”
Hold You Tight · Tara Kemp
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The song's vow of permanence is built on feeling and chemistry alone, while love that truly lasts is described here as patient, trusting, and enduring beyond passion.
Every Heartbeat · Amy Grant
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The pledge of enduring presence reflects the patient, persevering love Paul describes, though the song stays at the level of feeling rather than sacrificial commitment.
“I'll do anything for your loving”
Do Anything (feat. Niki Harris) · Natural Selection
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The song's devotion is framed as eager self-sacrifice for romantic reward, while this passage describes love as patient and selfless without needing reciprocity or 'qualification.'
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over · Lenny Kravitz
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love that endures through hurt and keeps trying echoes Paul's description of love bearing and enduring all things.
Love of a Lifetime (2024 Remaster) · FireHouse
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of enduring, faithful love reflects (in a simple pop form) the patient, hopeful love Paul describes.
“We've got love power, it's the greatest power of them all”
Power of Love / Love Power · Luther Vandross
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The exuberant praise of love's strength resonates with Paul's description of love as patient, enduring, and never failing, though the song stops at feeling rather than character.
“No logic can define”
Love Is a Wonderful Thing · Michael Bolton
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's wonder at love's power to sustain and comfort echoes this passage's description of love as patient, enduring, and always present.
“I think your girl's been playing tic tac toe”
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm.... (feat. Freedom Williams) · C+C Music Factory
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The casual unfaithfulness recounted here is the opposite of the patient, trusting, faithful love Paul describes.
Something to Talk About · Bonnie Raitt
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song centers on infatuation and public perception rather than the deeper, sacrificial love Paul describes, a lighter contrast rather than a rebuke.
“This thing called love we got it”
Can't Stop This Thing We Started · Bryan Adams
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The song treats love as an unstoppable feeling or momentum, while Paul defines love as patient, selfless, and chosen rather than merely felt or driven.
“We don't know each other well”
I Can't Wait Another Minute · Hi-Five
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Love described here is patient and doesn't rush past knowing someone; the song's urgency skips the patience and depth real love calls for.
Now That We Found Love (feat. Aaron Hall) · Heavy D & The Boyz
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love in Scripture is patient and selfless; here love is mostly described by physical gratification rather than any deeper commitment.
Here I Am (Come and Take Me) · UB40
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The song's picture of love is consuming and pleading rather than patient or selfless, a reminder that romantic intensity alone isn't the fullness of love Scripture describes.
Get Here · Oleta Adams
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's patient, hopeful waiting for a loved one to overcome obstacles reflects the enduring, hopeful quality of real love described here.
“I'm not in love, so don't forget it”
I'm Not in Love · Will to Power
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Real love is described as open and patient, while this narrator hides behind denial and control, the opposite posture.
“Could this be what love's all about baby”
Just Another Dream · Cathy Dennis
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The song wonders if infatuation is love, but Scripture defines love by patience, sacrifice, and endurance rather than a 'vibe' or feeling.
Rico Suave · Gerardo
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Love here is described as patient, trusting, and enduring; the song's boast of noncommitment is the opposite posture toward another person.
O.P.P · Naughty By Nature
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love as Scripture describes it protects and is not self-seeking, the opposite of the possessive, deceptive relationships the whole song romanticizes.
“I must have trust or there's no deal”
Do You Want Me · Salt-n-Pepa
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Trust and patience as prerequisites for love reflect the qualities Paul describes as true love's foundation.
“Throw your love around, love me, love me”
Shiny Happy People · R.E.M.
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The call to love one another freely and without reservation is good and true, even if the song's version stays more slogan than substance.
Save the Best for Last · Vanessa Williams
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's wonder at overlooked love gestures toward the patient, hoping quality of real love described here, though in a purely human context.
“Ain't got no time for part-time lovin' in my life”
Baby-Baby-Baby · TLC
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The song's idea of real love is loyalty and sexual satisfaction, while this passage describes love as patient, selfless, and not self-seeking.
“I will never leave you, sugar, this I guarantee”
All 4 Love · Color Me Badd
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The promise of steady, patient devotion mirrors the qualities Paul describes as the shape of real love, though here it's a human vow rather than love's source.
“I can be a better girl with love you give”
I Love Your Smile · Shanice
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The idea that love can shape someone into their better self echoes the transformative, patient nature of real love, even though the song's love here is young romantic infatuation rather than the self-giving love Paul describes.
“Let me be the one to show you”
To Be with You · Mr. Big
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The desire to patiently build someone's confidence and stand by them echoes the patient, others-centered posture Paul describes as love.
“With an unselfish love that respects you”
I'll Be There · Mariah Carey
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The description of patient, protective, unselfish love closely mirrors Paul's portrait of love that bears and endures all things.
“There's a danger in lovin' somebody too much”
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough (feat. Don Henley) · Patty Smyth
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Scripture describes a love that endures and protects, while the song describes a love that erodes and cannot be trusted, showing the limits of love untethered from deeper commitment.
“But all I can do is just offer you my love”
Diamonds and Pearls · Prince & The New Power Generation
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's insistence that love matters more than material gifts lines up with this passage's picture of love as patient, giving, and enduring rather than transactional.
“To let him know this love is real”
Giving Him Something He Can Feel · En Vogue
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The desire to prove love through tangible care reflects the practical, enduring nature of love Paul describes.
“I'm beggin' you, I'm down on my knees”
Tell Me What You Want Me to do · Tevin Campbell
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The persistence and humility described echo love's patience and endurance, though here aimed solely at romantic connection.
I'd Die Without You · P.M. Dawn
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The humility and self-giving posture toward a loved one reflects real elements of patient, sacrificial love, even if aimed solely at a human relationship.
“Spend his very last dime”
When a Man Loves a Woman · Michael Bolton
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The willingness to give up everything for love echoes the self-giving nature Paul describes, even though here it edges toward self-abandonment rather than mutual sacrifice.
“It's like trying to catch a falling star”
How Do You Talk to an Angel · The Heights
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song leaves love as an elusive feeling to be caught, while this passage describes love as something patient and active, not a star you chase.
“Don't let her see you crying”
Hold On My Heart · Genesis
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here bears and endures openly rather than hiding pain to protect a secret attachment; the song's concealment sits in tension with love's call to honesty.
“My heart is waiting, it's an open door”
The Way I Feel About You · Karyn White
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of steadfast, growing devotion echoes the patient, hopeful quality of love described here, though without the sacrificial depth Paul describes.
Beauty and the Beast · Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described as patient and willing to bear with another's flaws fits the vulnerability and risk the lyric names.
Blowing Kisses in the Wind · Paula Abdul
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer longs for a love that is patient and mutual, but the relationship described lacks the reciprocity Paul describes as love's nature.
Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven · Bryan Adams
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Where Paul describes love as patient, selfless, and enduring, this song's love is mostly about the euphoric feeling it produces, not yet a love tested or proven.
“Don't keep a dream in you locked outside your door”
Take This Heart · Richard Marx
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The call to trust, be patient, and open one's heart again echoes the patient, protective, hopeful character of love described here.
“You can read my diary, you're in every line”
Would I Lie To You? · Charles & Eddie
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The offer of total vulnerability and openness reflects the kind of trusting, patient love Paul describes, though here it's aimed only at a romantic partner rather than a broader picture of love.
That's What Love Is For · Amy Grant
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love bearing with unkindness and holding on through strain closely mirrors Paul's description of patient, enduring love.
“You must be the devil in disguise”
Keep Coming Back · Richard Marx
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
True love is patient and kind, not something that wounds and frightens; naming a partner 'the devil' while staying devoted exposes the confusion at the song's core.
Can't Help Falling In Love (With You) · UB40
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's whole posture of surrender and devotion echoes the selfless, giving character of love Paul describes, even though it stays on a human rather than divine plane.
“Someone who I can believe in”
If I Ever Fall In Love (Original Acapella Version) [Edit] · Shai
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The desire for trust and faithfulness in love mirrors this passage's picture of love that believes, hopes, and endures.
“Will you be there for me, when I need someone to hold?”
Don't Walk Away · Jade
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song longs for steadfast love but defines it mostly by proof and reassurance rather than the patient, selfless love described here.
“I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name”
Lately (Live MTV Unplugged) · Jodeci
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here bears and believes; the song's narrator is caught in suspicion and dread rather than trust.
I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me · Exposé
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here endures and hopes all things, but the song's devotion has become a trap of self-pity rather than a love that frees or grows.
“I'm the one that loved you baby can't you see?”
Two Princes · Spin Doctors
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The narrator's claim that love matters more than status or security resonates with love described as patient, selfless, and enduring rather than transactional.
Saving Forever for You · Shanice
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's devotion is strong but entirely feeling-based; Paul's description of love includes patience, humility, and endurance through hardship, dimensions the lyrics don't explore.
If I Had No Loot · Tony! Toni! Toné!
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of conditional, transactional friendship stands against love that seeks nothing in return.
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) [Single Edit] · Meat Loaf
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vision of 'anything for love' is really about passion and self-gratification bounded only by personal limits, quite different from the patient, others-centered love described here.
I'm Every Woman · Whitney Houston
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Beneath the boastful phrasing, the song's heart is about care, capability, and love offered freely, themes that resonate with love described as patient and able to bear all things.
“So please don't hurt me, I'm scared”
Baby I'm Yours · Shai
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer's desire for patient, protective love mirrors this description of what real love does and doesn't do.
“But when you learn, you can't tie me down”
I Get Around · 2Pac
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Real love is patient and seeks another's good; this song's refusal of commitment is the inverse of that picture.
“our love, sweet love, ain't love 'til you give your heart away”
Cryin' · Aerosmith
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song gestures toward real love needing the heart, but what it actually describes (pain, obsession, resistance) falls short of the patient, selfless love described here.
“There's no reason to doubt me”
The Right Kind of Love · Jeremy Jordan
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer's promise of faithful, steady devotion echoes love's patient, trusting, non-boastful nature described here, even though the song never names God as its source.
“Broken promises and jealousy”
That's What Love Can Do (Club Mix) · Boy Krazy
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love as fragile and doomed to jealousy stands against Paul's vision of love as patient, trusting, and enduring.
“What is love?”
What Is Love (7" Mix) · Haddaway
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song asks the question but never reaches the answer Scripture gives: love defined by patience, kindness, and selflessness rather than just the ache of not being hurt.
To Love Somebody · Michael Bolton
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Where Scripture describes love as patient, selfless, and others-focused, this song's love is defined almost entirely by personal ache and need.
“I will be faithful to my lover's prayer”
Faithful · Go West
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vow of steady, unwavering devotion mirrors this picture of love that perseveres and does not give up.
“Love works like magic”
Nothin' My Love Can't Fix · Joey Lawrence
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of patient, comforting love faintly echoes Paul's description of love's steadfast, others-focused character.
Anniversary · Tony! Toni! Toné!
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's overall spirit of patient, giving devotion ('I'll be there for you') reflects the patient, generous love described here, even without explicit mention of God.
“Well, I'll be two steps behind you”
Two Steps Behind (Acoustic Version) · Def Leppard
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The patient, unhurried loyalty described here mirrors love that waits and doesn't force itself, bearing with another's hesitation.
The Power of Love · Céline Dion
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's devotion is sincere but entirely human in scope; Scripture's vision of love is rooted in something larger than romantic feeling alone.
Stay (I Missed You) · Lisa Loeb
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The push-pull of fear and control described here stands apart from the patient, non-possessive love Paul describes.
Bump n' Grind (Old School Mix) · R. Kelly
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
True love as Scripture describes it is patient and seeks the other's good, far from this self-congratulatory pitch centered on physical conquest.
“Just make me know that you are sincere”
You Mean the World to Me · Toni Braxton
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her desire for sincerity and faithfulness mirrors the patience and trust that Paul says true love requires.
Baby, I Love Your Way · Big Mountain
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's overall warmth and devotion, though not theological, mirrors the simple delight and patience that love entails.
“Not falling in love but I'm falling for your”
Shoop (Re-Recorded) [Remastered] · Salt-N-Pepa
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song explicitly disclaims love in favor of physical craving, the opposite of love's patient, others-focused character.
Said I Loved You...But I Lied · Michael Bolton
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song treats ordinary 'love' as too small a word for its feeling, whereas Scripture defines love itself as patient, selfless, and enduring, a richer standard than mere intensity of emotion.
“it was uncool to love me / Then leave me standing here now”
I'm Ready · Tevin Campbell
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer has experienced a love that doesn't persevere, the opposite of the patient, enduring love Paul describes.
Because of Love · Janet Jackson
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of steady, joyful togetherness echoes the patient, binding nature of love described here, even without naming its source.
“Was it just a game to you?”
Linger · The Cranberries
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer's confusion over being toyed with highlights by contrast what real love, patient and faithful, is supposed to look like.
Endless Love (with Mariah Carey) · Luther Vandross
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is intense feeling and devotion, but it doesn't touch the patient, selfless shape of love Paul describes; it's romance, not the fuller biblical picture of love.
“Confusion can give way to doubt”
(At Your Best) You Are Love · Aaliyah
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The plea for patience and understanding amid confusion mirrors love's call to bear with and believe the best of another.
Always · Erasure
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The desire for an undisguised, open relationship mirrors love that bears and believes all things rather than hiding behind masks.
“If you told me to die for you, I would”
Always · Bon Jovi
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul's description of love is patient and selfless rather than desperate or obsessive; this lyric leans toward idolizing the beloved rather than loving rightly.
Love Sneakin' Up On You · Bonnie Raitt
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song captures love's thrill but says nothing of its patience, commitment, or sacrifice; a fuller picture of love includes more than the rush it describes.
“I love you more than words could ever show”
Always In My Heart · Tevin Campbell
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of steadfast, protective, trusting love parallels Paul's description of love that bears and endures.
Water Runs Dry · Boyz II Men
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The question exposes a failure to practice patience and protection in love, the very qualities this passage calls for.
Run-Around · Blues Traveler
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
He longs for a love that is fully known and vulnerable, which highlights by contrast how far short the run-around falls from patient, trusting love.
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? (From "Don Juan DeMarco" Soundtrack) · Bryan Adams
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's overall vision of patient, faithful, others-centered love parallels Paul's description of love's character, even without any reference to God.
I Believe · Blessid Union of Souls
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's refrain that love will 'find the way' through fear and prejudice echoes Scripture's picture of love as patient, hopeful, and enduring.
“Won't need a compass, love will guide our way”
Runaway · Janet Jackson
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's trust that love itself is enough to guide the journey echoes Scripture's portrait of love as steadfast and sufficient, though here it's romantic rather than sacrificial love.
“Are you strong enough to be my man?”
Strong Enough · Sheryl Crow
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
She longs for a love that bears with her flaws and doesn't give up, the same patient, enduring love Paul describes.
“Want a love that is based on truth not just dare”
If You Love Me · Brownstone
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The desire for a love rooted in truth and faithfulness rather than impulse mirrors Paul's description of patient, truthful love.
“just show your love”
I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By · Method Man
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song elevates romantic love as the 'highest elevation,' while Scripture locates love's source and definition in God rather than in the relationship itself.
Before I Let You Go · Blackstreet
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song centers on anxious grasping and fear of loss, while this passage describes a love marked by patience and security rather than fear.
“Love has no boundaries, costs nothing to touch”
Believe · Elton John
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vision of boundless, costless love mirrors Paul's description of love's patient, self-giving nature, even without naming its source.
“Can't you find a little room inside for me?”
Back for Good (Radio Mix) · Take That
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The longing to be let back in, to be understood and accepted, echoes love's patience and hope, though here it's directed at a human relationship rather than God's love.
“I promise, boy, that I'll be true”
Tell Me · Groove Theory
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The pledge of faithfulness and trust reflects, in a limited human way, the patient and trusting love Paul describes.
“That you don't fall in love overnight”
Brokenhearted (feat. Wanya Morris) [Single Version] · Brandy
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her caution about rushing love reflects the patience and seriousness Scripture says real love requires.
You Used to Love Me · Faith Evans
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer names love that gave everything but received betrayal, a real ache this passage's vision of patient, enduring love throws into relief.
I Love You Always Forever · Donna Lewis
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Biblical love is described through patience, selflessness, and endurance through hardship; this song's love is defined almost entirely by sensory bliss and feeling, without that deeper substance.
“My love is like no other”
Be My Lover · La Bouche
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's idea of unmatched love is about attraction and desire, not the patient, selfless love Paul describes.
“I'm sorry baby - bring your lovin' back to me”
I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) · R. Kelly
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The plea seeks love's return mainly to ease personal loneliness, while Paul's picture of love centers on patience and selflessness rather than need.
“I would do anything for you”
Anything · 3T
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's devotion is sincere but undefined; biblical love is patient and selfless in specific, costly ways rather than a vague promise of anything.
Lady · D'Angelo
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is expressed mostly through pride and possessiveness ('everybody's looking at us') rather than the patient, others-focused love Paul describes.
No One Else (feat. Da Brat) · Total
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love is built on exclusivity and desire alone, missing the patience, selflessness, and endurance Scripture describes as love's substance.
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) · Backstreet Boys
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love that keeps score of effort and expects reciprocity differs from the patient, unconditional love Paul describes.
“I will shield your heart from the rain”
For You I Will · Monica
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The promise to protect and never let the other down echoes the patient, bearing, enduring love described here, though applied to romance rather than Christlike love.
Hard to Say I'm Sorry (feat. Peter Cetera) · Az Yet
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The commitment to restore and persevere in love reflects the patient, enduring quality of love described here, though aimed at romance rather than selfless love.
“I gave you the world 'cause you were my girl”
In My Bed · Dru Hill
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul's picture of love bearing and believing all things stands apart from this transactional framing of love as things given in exchange for faithfulness.
Say You'll Be There · Spice Girls
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Real love Paul describes is spoken and shown, not withheld; the song's guardedness about naming love stands somewhat apart from that openness.
Do You Know (What It Takes) · Robyn
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love in Scripture gives without first demanding a guarantee of reciprocity; here love is conditioned on proof before it's offered.
4 Seasons of Loneliness · Boyz II Men
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is defined entirely by longing and loss rather than the patient, others-centered love Paul describes; it's more about the singer's pain than the beloved's good.
G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T., Pt. 2 · Changing Faces
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's hurt is a response to a love that didn't bear these marks: patience, trust, and faithfulness, highlighting by contrast what real love requires.
I Believe In You and Me · Whitney Houston
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of loyal, patient, enduring love ('never leave your side') resonates with Paul's description of love that bears and hopes all things.
All for You (Full Band Version) · Sister Hazel
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song gestures at love's depth through feeling and striving, while Paul grounds love in patient, concrete action rather than the ache of trying to prove it.
“That doesn't mean that I don't care”
Cupid · 112
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer's plea to be trusted and not misunderstood echoes love's patience and its refusal to keep a record of wrongs.
“What can I do, girl?”
I'm Still In Love With You · New Edition
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer's persistence and reassurance echo the patient, steadfast quality of love described here, though without the selflessness Paul goes on to describe.
Invisible Man · 98 Degrees
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is defined entirely by pining for someone who doesn't reciprocate, quite different from the patient, others-focused love Paul describes; it's less a critique and more a reminder of what love can grow into beyond infatuation.
I Finally Found Someone (feat. Bryan Adams) · Barbra Streisand
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is warm but focused on feeling and attraction rather than the patient, selfless love Paul describes; a gentle contrast, not a condemnation.
Never Make a Promise · Dru Hill
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's promises of lifelong faithfulness gesture toward real love, but lack the selfless, patient character Paul describes; here love is framed mostly through what the singer provides and receives.
“I wanna love you like you need to be loved”
You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time) [feat. Mase] · Brian McKnight
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song gestures at patient, selfless love, but its vision is built on comparison and winning someone away rather than the self-giving love described here.
When You're Gone · The Cranberries
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Where this passage grounds love in steady character and selflessness, the song's love is defined mainly by emotional need and absence, a thinner picture of love.
My All · Mariah Carey
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love here is defined by patience and endurance rather than physical closeness alone; the song's longing is real but narrower than that fuller picture.
“Don't make a fuss and get crazy over you and me”
Crush · Jennifer Paige
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Real love described here bears, hopes, and endures; the song's guarded, low-stakes approach is almost the opposite posture, protecting itself from vulnerability.
“But I stuck by you till the end”
I Don't Ever Want to See You Again · Uncle Sam
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
His claim of faithfulness and endurance despite betrayal mirrors love's quality of bearing and enduring all things.
“I'll give you my heart”
Show Me Love · Robyn
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul's vision of love is patient and self-giving without demanding reciprocity first; here the giving of the heart is explicitly conditioned on 'if you just give me love' in return.
A Song for Mama · Boyz II Men
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The mother's patient, protective love described here resembles the self-giving love Paul describes as never failing.
“Give yourself to me”
Frozen · Madonna
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love in Scripture is patient and does not insist on itself; this line's push for surrender sits in tension with love that waits rather than demands.
“When the water gets rough will you still swim with me”
Say It · Voices of Theory
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The question of steadfast love through hardship echoes Paul's description of love that endures and perseveres.
Romeo And Juliet · Sylk-E. Fyne & Chill
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Biblical love is patient and selfless; this song's loyalty is conditional on sexual performance and possessiveness, a narrower picture than Paul's.
“I can only let you know I love you anyway”
The Arms of the One Who Loves You · Xscape
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer's patient, non-possessive love mirrors Paul's description of love that bears and endures without demanding its own way.
“don't you think it deserves a fight”
We're Not Making Love No More · Dru Hill
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The plea to fight for love rather than let it dissolve echoes Scripture's picture of love as patient, enduring, and worth persevering in.
“And suddenly, I know my life is worthwhile”
Looking Through Your Eyes (From the 'Quest for Camelot' Motion Picture) · LeAnn Rimes
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love giving life meaning and security echoes this portrait of love as patient, trusting, and others-centered.
Too Much · Spice Girls
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song opens by calling love 'deep but meaningless,' the opposite of Paul's picture of love as patient, truthful, and enduring.
“I'll be love's suicide”
I'll Be · Edwin McCain
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul describes love as patient and enduring, not self-destructive; framing devotion as a kind of death leans toward obsession rather than the sturdy, others-focused love described here.
“You were just too damned old for me”
Love You Down · INOJ
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Real love is described here as patient and selfless; this song's devotion is framed mostly around physical attraction and defying others' judgment rather than that fuller picture.
“Guess you cheatin', that's all I need to hear 'cause I'm leavin”
Do for Love · 2Pac
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Both partners here seem driven by suspicion, self-protection, and retaliation rather than patience or trust, the opposite of love as Paul describes it.
“You'd do anything to make them understand?”
Have You Ever · Brandy
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is desperate and one-sided, while this passage describes love as patient and not self-seeking; it's a gentle contrast in maturity, not condemnation.
“we are two worlds apart”
I Want It That Way · Backstreet Boys
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is confused and self-contradictory, while Scripture describes love as patient, clear-eyed, and persevering rather than caught in mixed signals.
Heartbreaker (feat. JAŸ-Z) · Mariah Carey
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The relationship described (controlling, game-playing, possessive) stands far from the patient, non-self-seeking love Paul describes; the song doesn't moralize this, just depicts it.
“I'll be there when you need me”
Sweet Lady · Tyrese
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The promise of steady presence and availability echoes the patience and faithfulness love is described as having, though here it's untested and surface-level.
“Can we share love to last forever?”
Tell Me It's Real · K-Ci & JoJo
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The longing for a love that endures echoes the kind of patient, persevering love Scripture describes, though here it's sought from another person rather than grounded in God.
“I know you're tired of her lies, just let her go”
808 · Blaque
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song encourages abandoning a committed partner for a new fling, which runs against love's patience and faithfulness described here.
Who Dat (feat. Sole) · JT Money
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love here is transactional and performative, the opposite of the patient, selfless love Paul describes.
“You'll find better love”
Please Remember Me · Tim McGraw
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The wish for the other person to find a love that is strong, deep, and warm mirrors the qualities Paul ascribes to real love, even as the singer steps aside from it.
“There is nothing I wouldn't give”
From This Moment On (feat. Bryan White) [International Mix] · Shania Twain
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The vow of total, sacrificial giving mirrors Paul's description of love that bears, believes, and endures all things, though the song stops short of naming love's source.
“I never knew there was a Love like this before”
Love Like This · Faith Evans
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her wonder at being loved well echoes the patient, kind love Paul describes, even though her song locates that love wholly in another person rather than in God.
You (feat. Gerald Albright) · Jesse Powell
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love is desire and frustration seeking reciprocation, a much thinner portrait than Paul's vision of patient, others-focused love.
Trippin' · Total
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's focus on feeling and possession ('my stuff for you') is lighter than the self-giving, patient love Paul describes, though it isn't opposed to it.
“Loving you is like a battle”
Ex-Factor · Lauryn Hill
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The relationship described trades blows instead of bearing with one another; the song's exhausted love contrasts with love that is patient and does not keep score.
Spend My Life With You · Eric Benét
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song centers love entirely on romantic feeling and permanence without grounding it in the patient, selfless character Scripture describes as love's deeper foundation.
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing · Mark Chesnutt
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
While romantic rather than theological, the song's devotion and attentiveness to a loved one echoes the patient, treasuring quality of love described here, even if it stops short of deeper commitment language.
I Do (Cherish You) · 98 Degrees
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The promise of steady, unwavering devotion echoes the patient, enduring love described here, even though the song never names God as its source.
Chante's Got a Man · Chanté Moore
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The description of patient, kind, non-abusive love matches the contrast the song draws between a harmful relationship and a healthy one.
“Everybody knows almost doesn't count”
Almost Doesn't Count · Brandy
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her refrain names what love is not (half-given, inconsistent), implicitly pointing to the fuller, patient, all-in love described here.
“I'll wrap you in my arms so you'll never feel neglected”
Satisfy You · Puff Daddy Featuring R. Kelly
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The patience, protection, and loyalty described here genuinely reflect the selfless shape of love Paul describes, even if aimed solely at romance.
Music of My Heart · NSYNC
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The patient, steadying love described (always on my side, seeing me through) reflects the enduring, others-centered love Paul describes.
Try Again · Aaliyah
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is untested and uncertain ('this ain't a yes, this ain't a no'), a contrast to the patient, committed love Paul describes; not a condemnation, just a different stage of relationship.
Jumpin', Jumpin' · Destiny's Child
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here protects and stays faithful; the song's premise treats existing relationships as obstacles to a good night rather than commitments worth honoring.
“that love shit just ain't for me”
There You Go · P!nk
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The singer's guardedness is understandable given betrayal, but it stands apart from the patient, trusting love Scripture describes as love's true measure.
“Doesn't matter what your friends are telling you”
Doesn't Really Matter · Janet Jackson
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of patient, accepting love mirrors this description of love that bears with others regardless of outside opinion.
“I loved you endlessly when you weren't there for me”
Bye Bye Bye · *NSYNC
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The one-sidedness described here falls short of the patient, others-focused love Paul describes, highlighting why the relationship couldn't continue.
“I never realized”
You Sang to Me · Marc Anthony
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song centers love purely on feeling and surprise, while this passage describes love as patient, enduring, and rooted in character rather than sudden discovery.
It Feels so Good · Sonique
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song describes love purely as a feeling and a high, while Scripture describes love as patient, selfless, and enduring; the song isn't wrong so much as thin.
“I absolutely love her, when she smiles”
Absolutely (Story of a Girl) · Nine Days
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here endures regardless of circumstance; the narrator's love seems conditioned on her smiling, a narrower kind of affection than Paul describes.
“I just want real love”
Most Girls · Pink
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her longing for a love that isn't transactional reflects the kind of patient, selfless love Scripture describes, even though she doesn't frame it in spiritual terms.
Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) · 98 Degrees
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vision of love is reduced to a single night of pleasure, lacking the patience, commitment, and permanence Paul describes.
He Can't Love U · Jagged Edge
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Manhood and love here are reduced to physical performance and winning a comparison, far from the sacrificial, patient love Scripture commends.
Faded · soulDecision
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's vision of relationship is entirely about getting what he wants from her, a contrast to love described as patient and not self-seeking.
“We could've worked things out”
From the Bottom of My Broken Heart · Britney Spears
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Paul's vision of patient, enduring love stands apart from this broken relationship, which could not withstand strain or unfaithfulness.
Don't Think I'm Not · Kandi
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love as a tit-for-tat game stands far from a love that does not keep score of wrongs.
“There's no better than me and you girl”
I Like It · Sammie
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of love centers on feeling and exclusivity rather than the patient, selfless love Paul describes; it's not wrong, just thinner.
“We'll always be together babe, you and me”
24/7 · Kevon Edmonds
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's picture of steady, present love 'through high or low' reflects the patient, enduring love Paul describes, though without its full self-giving depth.
Fallin' · Alicia Keys
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The cycle described here lacks the patience and steadiness Paul describes as love's marks; it's more dependency and confusion than the self-giving love this passage portrays.
“Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken”
Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) · Train
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Amid the whimsy, the song lands on small, faithful, everyday acts of love and loyalty, echoing the patient, present love described here.
“And I would never let somebody break you down”
Again · Lenny Kravitz
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The vow to protect and never let the beloved be broken resonates with love's patient, protective nature described in this passage.
“I smell cologne, damn it's strong, how'd you get it on?”
Stutter (feat. Mystikal) [Double Take Remix] · Joe
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here bears and believes; the narrator instead catalogs evidence to confirm guilt, with no openness to trust or grace.
“Not the type to mess around with your emotion”
Angel (feat. Rayvon) · Shaggy
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The commitment described, patience, steadfastness, loyalty, resembles the kind of love this passage describes, even without explicit faith language.
“Tell me love isn't true, it's just something that we do”
Don't Tell Me · Madonna
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song defines love as mere instinct or habit, while Scripture describes love as patient, selfless, and rooted in something beyond mere compulsion.
Crazy · K-Ci & JoJo
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song's love is defined almost entirely by desperate need and emotional spiraling, a contrast to the patient, selfless love Paul describes.
“I want it all or nothing at all”
All or Nothing · O-Town
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love described here is patient and doesn't demand ultimatums; the song's ultimatum framing contrasts with love that endures division with the other's best interest in mind.
“I know I'm gonna have to eventually give you away”
I'm Like a Bird · Nelly Furtado
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Her fear-driven retreat from commitment stands against love's call to patience, trust, and endurance rather than flight.
“I wanna feel you need me”
Nobody Wants to Be Lonely (with Christina Aguilera) [With Christina Aguilera] · Ricky Martin
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song centers on being needed and wanted, while love as Scripture describes it is oriented first toward giving and patience rather than one's own longing being met.
“For better or worse, I still will choose you first”
Love · Musiq Soulchild
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The steadfast, patient commitment described mirrors Paul's description of love that perseveres through all things, though here it's framed as devotion to an abstraction rather than to God or a person.
“Forgot what love was all about”
It's Over Now · 112
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song mourns a love that didn't endure, which sharpens the contrast with Scripture's vision of patient, persevering love.
“No more, baby, I'ma do right”
No More (Baby I'ma Do Right) · 3LW
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The resolve to stop accepting mistreatment stands apart from Paul's vision of patient, selfless love, though here the issue is one-sided unfaithfulness rather than a call to that ideal.
Ain't Nothing 'Bout You (with Megan Moroney) · Brooks & Dunn
strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
The song centers on how the other person makes the singer feel, while Paul's picture of love centers on giving and sacrifice; worth noticing the difference in emphasis.
Efflictim · WZRD
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
The song leans on love as the one thing worth holding onto before time runs out, resonating with Paul's exaltation of love as what remains.
“our love will never die”
When I Look Into Your Eyes · FireHouse
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
The lyric's hope for unending love echoes Paul's description of love that endures, though the song roots that endurance in feeling rather than character.
“The kind of love that won't fly away”
Dreamlover · Mariah Carey
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
The hope for a love that endures mirrors Paul's description of a love that never fails, though the song doesn't locate that love's source.
“Love is all we need dear”
The Space Between · Dave Matthews Band
resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
The song lands on love as the thing worth holding onto, even if its picture of love stays vague and unresolved compared to this fuller definition.
Elsewhere in 1 Corinthians 13
- 1 Corinthians 13:1I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For · Enjoy the Silence · Take a Bow
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3FOG · Crescendo
- 1 Corinthians 13:2Believe
- 1 Corinthians 13:3White Keys
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Heavy Love · Looking Through Patient Eyes · Jealousy · What a Girl Wants
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-5Flowers · Taste · Mystical Magical · That’s So True · It's ok I'm ok · greedy · Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido · Dark Thoughts · Man I Need · Die For You · Adore You · When I Was Your Man · Hotline Bling · Happier · Without Me · deja vu · WITHOUT YOU · Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) · Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) · Kill Bill · Dreams · Every Breath You Take · White Horse · What You Want (feat. Total) · Save my soul (the cudi confession) · Propuesta Indecente · Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) · L'amour toujours (Small Mix) · Hold On · All Around the World · Giving You the Benefit (Extended Club Version) · Price of Love · Just Like Jesse James · Jerk Out · Someday · You're In Love · Tom's Diner (7" A) · After the Rain (Remastered 2017) · I'll Give All My Love to You · Finally · Come and Talk to Me (Live MTV Unplugged) · Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover · The Best Things In Life Are Free (feat. Ralph Tresvant & Bell Biv DeVoe) · Stay · Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) · She's Playing Hard To Get · Too Funky (Single Edit) · I Will Always Love You · Weak · I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) · Comforter · I Got a Man · Whatta Man · Gin and Juice · Mr. Vain · Don't Take the Girl · Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days) · Every Day of the Week · Short D**k Man · 'Til You Do Me Right · Always Be My Baby · Give Me One Reason · Only You (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase) [Bad Boy Remix] · Mouth · Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) · You Remind Me of Something · Soon as I Get Home · I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face) · Get It Together · Don't Cry for Me Argentina · The Boy Is Mine · No, No, No, Pt. 1 · Gone Till November (feat. New York Philharmonic) · I Got the Hook Up (Edited) · How Deep Is Your Love (feat. Redman) [Single Version] · No Scrubs · All I Have to Give · The Hardest Thing · It's Gonna Be Me · No More · Oops!…I Did It Again · Big Pimpin' (feat. UGK) [Edited] · He Can't Love U · Case of the Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) [Mya Remix] · Where I Wanna Be · How Do You Like Me Now?! · Gotta Tell You · U Remind Me · Love Don't Cost a Thing · He Loves U Not · I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) [Radio Edit] · Stranger In My House
- 1 Corinthians 13:5What a Girl Wants · Hit 'Em up Style (Oops!)
- 1 Corinthians 13:7Perfect · Locked Out of Heaven · Heart Like a Truck · Rock and a Hard Place · Nothing Compares 2 U · Hold On · I'll Be Your Shelter · Giving You the Benefit (Extended Club Version) · Price of Love · Love Will Never Do (Without You) · Humpin' Around · Just Take My Heart · In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember) · Right Here (Human Nature Duet) [Demolition Dub Mix] · Do You Believe In Us · When She Cries · Understanding · You Must Love Me (Single Version) · I Still Love You (feat. Big Punisher) [I'll Always Love You Remix] · The Space Between · Austin
- 1 Corinthians 13:7-8Love Me or Leave Me · To the Moon · Under Pressure (feat. David Bowie) · September · Forever and Ever, Amen · Here With Me · Nothin' Can Change This Love (Alternate Version) · Soul Tied · Alright · Forever · Whole Wide World · The First Time · Baby, Baby · Masterpiece · Love Is · Deeper and Deeper · All For Love (feat. Sting & Rod Stewart) [From "The Three Musketeers" Soundtrack] · Beautiful in My Eyes · I'll Take You There (Single Version) · On Bended Knee · I Can Love You Like That · Can't Stop Lovin' You · Count On Me (from "Waiting to Exhale" - Original Soundtrack) · I Still Believe · Swear It Again (Radio Edit)
- 1 Corinthians 13:8Remember Me (Dúo) [feat. Natalia Lafourcade] [From "Coco"] [Steerner Remix] · Amar y Querer · It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over · Faithful · Doesn't Really Matter
- 1 Corinthians 13:9We Don't Talk About Bruno
- 1 Corinthians 13:11Manchild · Come Together · Dos Oruguitas · Baby I'm Yours · Don't Wanna Be a Player · My Baby
- 1 Corinthians 13:11-12Arcade (feat. FLETCHER)
- 1 Corinthians 13:12I Can Only Imagine · Kashmir · Reflection · I See the Light · Don't Know Much (with Aaron Neville) · Real Real Real · Tears in Heaven · One Sweet Day (feat. Boyz II Men) · Naked Eye · Out of My Head · Iris
- 1 Corinthians 13:13Doubt · Photograph · Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) · 7 · You Gotta Be · Hands · That's the Way It Is