John 3:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Hath

The friend

This

Isaiah 66:11

Luke 2:10

Luke 15:6

General references

Song of Songs 2:6

Mark 1:7

Bible References

Hath

Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

“Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”

“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.

Journey down from the summit of Amana,

From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.

“For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the God of all the earth.

It will no longer be said to you, “

Forsaken,”

Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”;
But you will be called, “My delight is in her,”
And your land, “

Married”;

For the Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.

“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“I remember concerning you the

devotion of your youth,

The love of your betrothals,

Your following after Me in the wilderness,

Through a land not sown.

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares the Lord God.

“I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His

bride has made herself ready.”

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The friend

Then his father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men customarily did this.

She will be led to the King in embroidered work;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.

“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

This

That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts,
That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom.”

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

General references

“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.