1 Corinthians 13:7

57 songs meet this passage

• “And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet”

  Love Story (Taylor’s Version) · Taylor Swift

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7

  Love bearing through opposition and persevering against obstacles reflects the patient, enduring love Paul describes.

• “If I could change the way that you see yourself”

  everything i wanted · Billie Eilish

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7

  The desire to reshape how someone sees themselves out of love mirrors love's patient, hopeful work in protecting another.

• Faithfully · Journey

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7

  The pledge of enduring, steadfast love mirrors this description of love that 'always perseveres,' even amid distance and difficulty.

• “It's no better to be safe than sorry”

  Take On Me · a-ha

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7

  Choosing risk over caution for love's sake reflects love's willingness to hope and endure.

• “Throwing in the towel takes some effort”

  Rock and a Hard Place · Bailey Zimmerman

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7

  The choice to keep trying rather than quit echoes love's quality of bearing and enduring, even if the song never frames it as a virtue beyond personal effort.

• Remember Me (Dúo) [feat. Natalia Lafourcade] [From "Coco"] [Steerner Remix] · Miguel

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7

  Love bears all things and endures all things. The song is practically a lyrical illustration of that truth, showing love persisting through distance and grief without giving up.

• “I can love me better than you can”

  Flowers · Miley Cyrus

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song recasts love as something ultimately supplied by the self, while this passage frames love as other-directed, patient, and self-giving rather than self-sufficient.

• “It's too late for all that lovey-dovey shit”

  Mob Ties · Drake

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love's patience and endurance are explicitly rejected here in favor of coldness and cutting people off.

• “our love's the only one worth fighting for”

  Die With A Smile · Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Scripture places human love within a larger love that bears, hopes, and endures; the song elevates romantic love to an ultimate good, which this passage gently relativizes.

• “if I'm turnin' blue, please don't save me”

  BIRDS OF A FEATHER · Billie Eilish

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love here is cast as willing self-destruction with the beloved rather than patient, protective devotion; true love 'bears all things' without requiring mutual ruin.

• “Far from perfect for each other, but we're working it out”

  Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else · Benson Boone

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The current relationship is described as imperfect but being worked on, while the narrator's heart is already elsewhere, a picture of divided commitment rather than patient, steady love.

• Carry You Home · Alex Warren

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The repeated choosing of commitment regardless of circumstance reflects love's perseverance described here, though without reference to its divine source.

• “I never fall in love, baby, just in case”

  Just In Case · Morgan Wallen

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love as Scripture describes it risks and endures; the narrator's guarded, self-protective stance is the opposite of love that 'bears all things.'

• “No way it was the last night that we break up”

  Last Night · Morgan Wallen

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The on-again off-again cycle is framed as romantic persistence, but love described here is patient and not easily angered, not a repeating fight-and-reunite loop.

• “Only want your love if it's solid”

  30 For 30 (with Kendrick Lamar) · SZA

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's love is conditional and defensive; Paul describes a love that endures and trusts rather than guards itself with threats.

• Azizam · Ed Sheeran

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Treating love as a game sits loosely against Scripture's picture of love as patient, committed, and more than a passing thrill.

• “Honey, was it enough?”

  Add Up My Love · Clairo

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Her question of whether her love measured up stands against Paul's picture of love that doesn't keep score or need validation to be real.

• Die For You · The Weeknd

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Real love as described here is patient and not self-seeking, whereas the song's devotion is tangled with possessiveness and an inability to let go rather than selfless commitment.

• “I will not give you up this time”

  Perfect · Ed Sheeran

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  This picture of steadfast, patient love mirrors the biblical description of love that perseveres and does not give up.

• “Just let me adore you”

  Adore You · Harry Styles

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's devotion is sincere but stays at the level of feeling and desire; Paul's picture of love includes patience, endurance, and selflessness beyond infatuation.

• “Love's a game, wanna play?”

  Blank Space · Taylor Swift

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Real love is patient and kind, not a game of conquest and manipulation; the song's framing of romance as strategy stands against this picture.

• “you'd watch me burn down in flames”

  Grenade · Bruno Mars

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love described here is patient, kind, and mutual; the song's one-sided devotion to someone who'd watch him suffer is love's imitation, not its substance.

• “Only love my bed and my momma, I'm sorry”

  God's Plan · Drake

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  This dismissive view of romantic commitment stands apart from the patient, others-centered love Scripture describes.

• “Kiki, do you love me? Are you riding?”

  In My Feelings · Drake

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song frames love as loyalty tested by material provision and status, while this passage defines love as patient, selfless, and not self-seeking.

• “Callin' it quits now, baby, I'm a wreck”

  Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) · Post Malone & Swae Lee

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The narrator's on-again, off-again devotion falls short of the patient, steadfast love described here; the song never resolves into that kind of commitment.

• Apologize · OneRepublic

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love described here keeps no record of wrongs and endures; the song traces love cooling into resentment instead.

• when the party's over · Billie Eilish

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Where love described here endures and protects, the song's resignation to release suggests love is shown in letting go rather than persevering, a different but not unbiblical form of care.

• “You said it was true love, but wouldn't that be hard?”

  vampire · Olivia Rodrigo

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Her bitter conclusion that he's incapable of real love stands against Scripture's picture of what love actually requires: patience, honesty, lack of self-interest.

• “You're the reason I believe in love”

  STAY · The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love here is described through another's steadying presence rather than the patient, self-giving love Paul describes, though the longing for real love is genuine.

• “I left my girl, I'm in Mallorca”

  Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON) · Justin Bieber

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The verse's picture of love that doesn't waver sits uneasily beside a narrative of leaving and longing framed almost as a lifestyle detail.

• “I need a girl like you, yeah, yeah”

  Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B) · Maroon 5

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's idea of love centers on fun and attraction rather than the patient, selfless love Paul describes.

• All of Me · John Legend

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The embrace of a beloved's imperfections mirrors love that bears and endures all things, though here it's aimed at a person rather than flowing from God's love.

• Ordinary People · John Legend

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's rejection of a fairy-tale script for real, patient, persevering love echoes Paul's picture of love as endurance through imperfection, not a feeling but a choice.

• 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 directly citing it.

• In My Life · The Beatles

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's tone of enduring affection for people across time reflects the patient, bearing-all quality of real love, even without naming its source.

• “Love isn't always on time”

  Hold the Line · Toto

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's love is uncertain and inconsistent, while this passage describes a love that is patient, steadfast, and always hopes and perseveres.

• “I ain't gon' do you wrong while you're gone”

  Respect · Aretha Franklin

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Her claim of faithfulness and loyalty resonates with love's patience and trustworthiness, though the song's frame is romantic rather than sacrificial.

• “Hold on tight, girl, I ain't there yet”

  White Horse · Chris Stapleton

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love described here bears and endures, but the song asks for patience without offering the self-giving commitment that love is meant to include.

• Beautiful Crazy · Luke Combs

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's admiration for her openness and spontaneity mirrors love's patience and delight in another's true self rather than trying to change them.

• “There's nothing left to prove”

  Breathe · Faith Hill

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The rest and security described here mirrors the self-giving, non-striving quality of love Paul describes, though the song stays purely emotional rather than sacrificial.

• Remember When · Alan Jackson

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The honest admission of hurt within marriage is held together by a love that endures and keeps no record of wrongs, which the song's continuation implies.

• “A little bit of love is all that it's needing”

  Heart Like a Truck · Lainey Wilson

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Her admission that love, not more toughness, is what the heart needs echoes love's role as the thing that truly sustains and heals.

• Can You Feel the Love Tonight · Elton John

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  Love's power to level social distinctions and inspire hope in anyone echoes the sweeping, dignifying nature of love Paul describes, though here it stops short of the divine love that grounds it.

• Beauty and the Beast · Angela Lansbury & Disney

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The whole song's portrait of patient, transforming love mirrors this passage's description of love's patient, hopeful character.

• Go Your Own Way · Fleetwood Mac

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The narrator frames love as something gone wrong rather than patient or enduring, showing love curdled by hurt rather than love as Scripture describes it.

• “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

  The song names love but describes only appetite and impulse, a sharp contrast to love defined as patient, kind, and not self-seeking.

• “Amar es sufrir, querer es gozar”

  Amar y Querer · José José

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The song's definition of amar as patient, self-giving suffering echoes Paul's description of love that bears, believes, hopes, and endures.

• I Walk the Line · Johnny Cash

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

  The ease the singer describes in faithfulness reflects love that 'always perseveres,' not love as mere duty.

• “it's unchanging, heavy love”

  Heavy Love · Mali Music

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

  The description of a patient, unmoving, unbreaking love closely mirrors Paul's description of love that never fails.

• “My love for you, it never fades”

  To the Moon · Phora

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

  Scripture roots a love that 'never fails' in God's character; here the singer promises the same permanence from his own feelings, which is a much shakier foundation.

• Love Me or Leave Me · Three Days Grace

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

  The song searches for a love that lasts without ever landing on what makes love able to endure; this passage names the kind of love that does.

• “When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades”

  Thinking Out Loud · Ed Sheeran

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

  The promise to keep loving through physical decline mirrors love that 'bears all things' and 'never fails,' though here it's romantic rather than agape love.

• Night Changes · One Direction

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

  The hope that love endures through change reflects the Bible's picture of love as something that bears and outlasts circumstance, even if the song's love is untested here.

• Where the Streets Have No Name (New Edit U218) · U2

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

  The cycle of building and destroying love stands against Paul's picture of love that endures and never fails, highlighting the ache for a love that doesn't crumble.

• “Keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn”

  Under Pressure (feat. David Bowie) · Queen

  strains against 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

  Paul describes a love that endures and never fails, against the song's picture of love wounded and fragile.

• “I'm gonna love you forever and ever”

  Forever and Ever, Amen · Randy Travis

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

  The song's vow of forever-faithfulness mirrors love that 'always perseveres' and 'never fails,' the biblical picture of true love's endurance.

• “nothing can ever change this love I have”

  Nothin' Can Change This Love (Alternate Version) · Sam Cooke

  resonates with 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

  The song's vow of unshakeable devotion mirrors love's endurance described here, bearing and believing through distance and disappointment.

Each reading weighs one song’s words against Scripture. It is AI-assisted and can be wrong; open a song to see its whole reading and decide for yourself.