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 father and mother, and shall continue with his wife, and two shall be made one flesh."
Proverbs 11:17
He that hath a gentle liberal stomach is merciful; but whoso hurteth his neighbour, is a tyrant.
Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth up his own flesh.
Romans 1:31
without understanding, covenant-breakers, unloving, truce-breakers, and merciless.
Nourisheth
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them in right good pastures, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their folds be. There shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed: even upon the mountains of Israel.
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not.
John 6:50
This, is that bread which cometh from heaven: that he which of it eateth, should also not die.
General references
Deuteronomy 22:13
If a man take a wife, and when he hath lain with her hate her,
Song of Songs 2:6
His left hand lieth under my head, and his righthand shall embrace me.