Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Bridegroom
General references
Bible References
Bridegroom
Isaiah 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
John 3:29
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
Rejoiceth
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
General references
Isaiah 40:21
Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.