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:
Nourisheth
General references
Bible References
Hated
Ephesians 5:31
Separate from this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh.
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Romans 1:31
without understanding, untrustworthy, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.
Nourisheth
Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold shall be upon the mountains of the height of Israel. There they shall lay down in a good fold, and on fat pasture they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who have been sent to her. How often I wanted to gathered thy children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and ye would not.
John 6:50
This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.
General references
Deuteronomy 22:13
If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and dislikes her,
Song of Songs 2:6
His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand embraces me.