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 shall a man forsake his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be as one flesh.
Romans 1:31
unintelligent, unfaithful to engagements, unnatural, implacable, unmerciful:
Nourisheth
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest those who were sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children to me, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not?
John 6:50
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that any person may eat of it, and never die.