Hosea 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

And i will

In righteousness

Ephesians 5:23

General references

Isaiah 32:18

Bible References

And i will

For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.

You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

Return, O faithless children, declares the LORD; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready;

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

In righteousness

Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'

In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

and if you swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."

whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

General references

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.