Bride And Bridegroom

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. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns! — read the full passage →

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

which is as a bridegroom coming out of his room, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”

Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: — read the full passage →

For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her room.

Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.”

“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.

She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Again Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn’t know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved

My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. — read the full passage →

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.” — read the full passage →

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

What I tell you, I tell all: Watch.”

Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: — read the full passage →

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.” — read the full passage →

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” — read the full passage →

whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—

The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married. — read the full passage →

I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.