Hosea 2:16

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¹⁶“And ^(A)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’

Isaiah 54:5

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⁵^(A)For your Maker is your husband,
the Lord of hosts is his name;
^(B)and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
^(C)the God of the whole earth he is called.

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Hosea 2:7

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⁷She shall pursue her lovers
    but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
    but shall not find them.
^(A)Then she shall say,
    ‘I will go and return to ^(B)my first husband,
    ^(C)for it was better for me then than now.’

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Jeremiah 3:14

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¹⁴^(A)Return, O faithless children,
declares the Lord;
^(B)for I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
and I will bring you to Zion.

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Revelation 19:7

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⁷Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for ^(A)the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and ^(B)his Bride has made herself ready;

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2 Corinthians 11:2

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²For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since ^(A)I betrothed you to one husband, ^(B)to present you ^(C)as a pure virgin to Christ.

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John 3:29

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²⁹^(A)The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^(B)The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^(C)rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

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Ephesians 5:25-27

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²⁵^(A)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^(B)gave himself up for her, ²⁶that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^(C)the washing of water ^(D)with the word, ²⁷so ^(E)that he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^(F)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.^[a]