Ephesians 5:29

For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

Proverbs 11:17

A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

Ezekiel 34:14-15

In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 34:27

The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Matthew 23:37

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

John 6:50-58

This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

Romans 1:31

senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.

Ephesians 5:31

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

Bible References

Hated

Ephesians 5:31
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Proverbs 11:17
A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.
Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.
Romans 1:31
senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.

Nourisheth

Isaiah 40:11
Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
Ezekiel 34:14
In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.
Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
John 6:50
This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

General references

Deuteronomy 22:13
Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her,
Song of Songs 2:6
His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.

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