9 Bible Verses about Cherishing

But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.

I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are constantly before me.

If I had thought about doing anything sinful, Jehovah would not have listened to me.

In this way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his own wife loves himself. No man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the congregation.

He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.

Jehovah appeared to him from afar, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

I honor you because you are precious to me and I love you. I will exchange others for you. Nations will be the price I pay for your life.

For I am zealous over you with a godly fervor (ardor) (zeal)! For I promised you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.