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 will be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the robes of salvation, He covered me with the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom adorns himself with ornaments, and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
John 3:29
He who 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. Then my joy is fulfilled.
Rejoiceth
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that those running in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.
Philippians 3:13
My brothers, I do not count myself to have taken possession, but one thing I do, forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things before,
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
General references
Isaiah 40:21
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
1 Corinthians 15:41
one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.