John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
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John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
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John 3:26
And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.
John 3:27
And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
John 3:28
You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
John 3:30
He has to become greater while I become less.
John 3:31
He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.
John 3:32
He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.
John 3:33
He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.
John 3:34
For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
John 3:35
The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.
John 1:33
I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.
John 1:34
This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
John 1:36
And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!
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2 Corinthians 11:2
For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
Isaiah 54:5
For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:32
This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.
Isaiah 62:4
You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.
Psalms 45:13
In the great house the king's daughter is all shining: her clothing is worked with gold.
Psalms 45:16
Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.
Psalms 45:17
I will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.
Song of Solomon 4:9
You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!
Isaiah 61:10
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Song of Solomon 1:2
Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.
Isaiah 5:1
Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:
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Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
Judges 14:20
But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.
Psalms 45:14
She will come before the king in robes of needlework; the virgins in her train will come before you.
Psalms 45:15
With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.
Matthew 25:1
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.
Judges 14:11
And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.
Matthew 22:2
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
Matthew 25:5
Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
Matthew 25:6
But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
Song of Solomon 3:11
Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.
Matthew 25:10
And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.
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Revelation 19:7
Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.
Revelation 19:8
And to her it was given to be clothed in delicate linen, clean and shining: for the clean linen is the righteousness of the saints.
Revelation 19:9
And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.
Psalms 45:8
Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.
Psalms 45:9
Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.
Psalms 45:10
O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;
Psalms 45:11
So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.
Psalms 45:12
And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.
Mark 2:19
And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.
Luke 5:34
And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?
Psalms 45:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
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Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.
Ephesians 5:26
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
Ephesians 5:27
And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
Revelation 21:9
And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels in which were the seven last punishments, came and said to me, Come here, and see the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Revelation 21:10
And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Hosea 2:19
And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.
Hosea 2:20
I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.
Ephesians 5:30
Because we are parts of his body.
Ephesians 5:31
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Isaiah 54:6
For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.
Isaiah 54:7
For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.
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John 3:36
He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
John 1:7
He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
John 1:8
He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.
John 5:33
You sent to John and he gave true witness.
John 7:18
The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.
Acts 19:4
And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.
Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.
Matthew 11:14
And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.
John 1:19
And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
John 5:35
He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
John 10:41
And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.
Acts 13:25
And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.
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John 1:29
The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Matthew 3:11
Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
Matthew 3:12
In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
John 1:16
From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
John 1:23
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
Matthew 3:14
But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?
Matthew 11:9
But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 11:10
This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.
Matthew 11:11
Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.
Luke 1:17
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
John 1:18
No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
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John 1:26
John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
John 1:27
It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
John 1:15
John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
Mark 1:7
And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.
Luke 3:15
And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,
Luke 3:16
John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
John 1:20
He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
John 1:21
And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
John 1:22
So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;
John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.
John 1:32
And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.
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Jeremiah 3:14
Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;
Mark 2:20
But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.
Hosea 2:2
Take up the cause against your mother, take it up, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; let her put away her loose ways from her face, and her false ways from between her breasts;
Hosea 2:16
And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;
Romans 7:4
In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
Matthew 25:13
Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
Luke 5:35
But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
Ephesians 5:29
For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
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John 10:4
When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.
John 10:5
They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.
Song of Solomon 2:8
The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.
John 10:16
And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
Revelation 3:20
See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.
John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.
Song of Solomon 5:2
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
Matthew 9:25
But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.
John 13:18
I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
Acts 9:4
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
Revelation 1:15
And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters.
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John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
John 15:15
No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
John 11:11
These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.
Exodus 33:11
And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.
2 Chronicles 20:7
Did you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?
James 2:23
And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.
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Philippians 2:2
Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;
Philippians 1:4
And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,
1 Thessalonians 3:7
For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;
1 Thessalonians 3:8
For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.
1 Thessalonians 3:9
For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
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John 15:11
I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.
1 John 1:4
And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.
Luke 15:6
And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
Luke 15:7
I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.
Isaiah 66:10
Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:
Isaiah 66:11
So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.
Luke 2:13
And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,
Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
Luke 15:10
Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.
John 16:24
Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
2 John 1:12
Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.
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John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
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Jeremiah 33:11
Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:34
And in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will put an end to the laughing voices, the voice of joy and the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.
Jeremiah 25:10
And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.
Revelation 18:23
And never again will the shining of lights be seen in you; and the voice of the newly-married man and the bride will never again be sounding in you: for your traders were the lords of the earth, and by your evil powers were all the nations turned out of the right way.
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Acts 4:17
But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.
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Acts 5:28
We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
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Acts 9:3
And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;
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