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:
Hated
Nourisheth
Bible References
Hated
Ephesians 5:31
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
Romans 1:31
foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
Nourisheth
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 were not willing!
John 6:50
This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.