Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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Bible References
Can
Matthew 25:1
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegrooms voice. This my joy then hath become full.
Revelation 19:9
And he saith to me, Write, Blessed are they who are called to the marriagesupper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true words of God.
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And then
Acts 13:1
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 14:23
And having appointed for them elders in every church, they prayed with fasting, and commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.
2 Corinthians 11:27
by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
General references
Matthew 22:1
Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, and said,