Hosea 2:19
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2 Corinthians 11:2
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2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband,(A) to Christ, so that I might present you(B) as a pure virgin to him.
Revelation 21:2
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2 I saw the Holy City,(A) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,(B) prepared as a bride(C) beautifully dressed for her husband.
Ezekiel 37:25-28
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25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(A) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(B) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(C) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(D) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(E) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(F) and I will put my sanctuary among them(G) forever.(H) 27 My dwelling place(I) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(J) 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,(K) when my sanctuary is among them forever.(L)’”
Isaiah 54:14
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Revelation 19:7-9
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7 Let us rejoice and be glad
and give him glory!(A)
For the wedding of the Lamb(B) has come,
and his bride(C) has made herself ready.
8 Fine linen,(D) bright and clean,
was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts(E) of God’s holy people.)
9 Then the angel said to me,(F) “Write this:(G) Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”(H) And he added, “These are the true words of God.”(I)
Ephesians 5:23-27
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23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(A) his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(B) in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives,(C) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(D) 26 to make her holy,(E) cleansing[a] her by the washing(F) with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself(G) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.(H)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed
Romans 7:4
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4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(A) through the body of Christ,(B) that you might belong to another,(C) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
Jeremiah 3:14-15
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14 “Return,(A) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.(B) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion. 15 Then I will give you shepherds(C) after my own heart,(D) who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.
Isaiah 62:3-5
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3 You will be a crown(A) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,(B)
or name your land Desolate.(C)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](D)
and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(E) in you,
and your land will be married.(F)
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom(G) rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice(H) over you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
- Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.
Isaiah 54:8-10
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8 In a surge of anger(A)
I hid(B) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(C)
I will have compassion(D) on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.(E)
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(F)
So now I have sworn(G) not to be angry(H) with you,
never to rebuke(I) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(J)
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(K) for you will not be shaken(L)
nor my covenant(M) of peace(N) be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion(O) on you.
Psalm 85:10
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John 3:29
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29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(A) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.(B)
Ezekiel 39:29
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29 I will no longer hide my face(A) from them, for I will pour out my Spirit(B) on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)”
Isaiah 54:5
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Isaiah 1:27
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Revelation 21:9-10
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The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues(A) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,(B) the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away(C) in the Spirit(D) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.(E)
Joel 3:20
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20 Judah will be inhabited forever(A)
and Jerusalem through all generations.
Jeremiah 32:38-41
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38 They will be my people,(A) and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness(B) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(C) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant(D) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire(E) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.(F) 41 I will rejoice(G) in doing them good(H) and will assuredly plant(I) them in this land with all my heart and soul.(J)
Isaiah 45:23-25
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23 By myself I have sworn,(A)
my mouth has uttered in all integrity(B)
a word that will not be revoked:(C)
Before me every knee will bow;(D)
by me every tongue will swear.(E)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
are deliverance(F) and strength.(G)’”
All who have raged against him
will come to him and be put to shame.(H)
25 But all the descendants(I) of Israel
will find deliverance(J) in the Lord
and will make their boast in him.(K)
Ephesians 1:7-8
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7 In him we have redemption(A) through his blood,(B) the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches(C) of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
Jeremiah 31:31-36
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31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant(A)
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant(B)
I made with their ancestors(C)
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,(D)
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband(E) to[a] them,[b]”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(F)
and write it on their hearts.(G)
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.(H)
34 No longer will they teach(I) their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know(J) me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive(K) their wickedness
and will remember their sins(L) no more.”
35 This is what the Lord says,
he who appoints(M) the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,(N)
who stirs up the sea(O)
so that its waves roar(P)—
the Lord Almighty is his name:(Q)
36 “Only if these decrees(R) vanish from my sight,”
declares the Lord,
“will Israel(S) ever cease
being a nation before me.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
- Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master
Jeremiah 4:2
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Romans 3:25-26
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25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[a](A) through the shedding of his blood(B)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(C)— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
Footnotes
- Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).
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