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.
In righteousness
Bible References
And i will
John 3:29
It is the bridegroom who has the bride, but the bridegroom's friend, who stands outside and listens to him, is very happy to hear the bridegroom's voice. So this happiness of mine is running over.
Romans 7:4
So, my brothers, you too in the body of Christ have ended your relation to the law, so that you may be married to another husband, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, as I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
Ephesians 5:25
You married men must love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her,
Revelation 19:7
Let us be glad and shout for joy and give Him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the new Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride to join her husband.
In righteousness
Romans 3:25
For God once publicly offered Him in His death as a sacrifice of reconciliation through faith, to demonstrate His own justice (for in His forbearance God had passed over men's former sins);
Ephesians 1:7
It is through union with Him that we have redemption by His blood and the forgiveness of our shortcomings, in accordance with the generosity of His unmerited favor
Ephesians 5:23
for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the Head of the church, His body, and Saviour of it.