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
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel man troubles his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh.
Romans 1:31
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, without mercy.
Nourisheth
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them in good pastures and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there they shall sleep in a good fold, and in fat pastures they shall be fed upon the mountains of Israel.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that didst kill the prophets and stone those who are sent unto thee, how often I desired to gather thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
John 6:50
This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
General references
Deuteronomy 22:13
When any man takes a wife and after having gone in unto her, hates her
Song of Songs 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.