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 father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."
Romans 1:31
senseless, faithless, without natural affection, without pity;
Nourisheth
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
John 6:50
This is the bread which is coming down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.