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 be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.
Proverbs 11:17
A kind man benefits himself,
but a cruel man brings disaster on himself.
Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his arms
and consumes his own flesh.
Romans 1:31
undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, and unmerciful.

Nourisheth

Isaiah 40:11
He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will tend them with good pasture, and their grazing place will be on Israel’s lofty mountains. There they will lie down in a good grazing place; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Matthew 23:37
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!
John 6:50
This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

General references

Deuteronomy 22:13
“If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and comes to hate her,
Song of Songs 2:6
His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.

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