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 the LORD; my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of saving health; he has surrounded me with the robe of righteousness; as a bridegroom he has arrayed me, and as a bride made up of his jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoices with the bride, so shall thy God rejoice with thee.
John 3:29
He that has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Rejoiceth
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun arises, and the sun goes down, and with desire returns to his place from which he arises again.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.
Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead,
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
General references
Isaiah 40:21
Have ye not known? Have ye not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not been taught since the land was founded?
1 Corinthians 15:41
One thing is the glory of the sun, and another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.