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
The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Judges 14:11
The Philistines saw him. They sent thirty companions to stay with him.
Psalm 45:14
She will be led to the King in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, will be brought to you.
John 3:29
He that has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens to him. He rejoices greatly because he hears the bridegroom's voice. This fills me with joy.
Revelation 19:9
He said to me: Write: Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. He said to me: These are the true sayings of God.
Revelation 21:2
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And then
Isaiah 22:12
In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.
Acts 13:1
There were prophets and teachers in the congregation at Antioch. This included: Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 14:23
When they had ordained elders in every congregation they prayed with fasting. They commended them to God, on whom they believed.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent for a time. That way you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. Then come together again, that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
2 Corinthians 11:27
In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.
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Matthew 22:1
Jesus continued to speak to them with illustrations.