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 cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Romans 1:31
They were without sense, without faith, without natural affection, without mercy.
Nourisheth
Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!
John 6:50
"This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never die.