Proverbs 5:19-20
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19 a lovely (A)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts (B)fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated[a] always in her love.
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with (C)a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of (D)an adulteress?[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20
- Proverbs 5:20 Hebrew a foreign woman
2 Corinthians 11:2
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2 For 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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Hosea 2:19-20
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19 And I will betroth you to me (A)forever. (B)I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20 (C)I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And (D)you shall know the Lord.
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Revelation 21:9-10
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The New Jerusalem
9 Then came (A)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of (B)the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you (C)the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And (D)he carried me away in the Spirit to (E)a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
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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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Zephaniah 3:17
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17 (A)The Lord your God is in your midst,
(B)a mighty one who will save;
(C)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and (A)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you (B)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, (C)and you became mine.
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Isaiah 62:5
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5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so (A)shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so (B)shall your God rejoice over you.
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.
Psalm 45:9
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9 daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
(A)at your right hand stands the queen in (B)gold of Ophir.
Revelation 19:7-8
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7 Let 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;
8 (C)it was granted her to clothe herself
with fine linen, bright and pure”—
for the fine linen is (D)the righteous deeds of the saints.
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Hebrews 2:11-14
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11 For (A)he who sanctifies and (B)those who are sanctified (C)all have one source.[a] That is why he is not ashamed to call them (D)brothers,[b] 12 saying,
(E)“I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the (F)congregation I will sing your praise.”
13 And again,
(G)“I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (J)partook of the same things, that (K)through death he might (L)destroy (M)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
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- Hebrews 2:11 Greek all are of one
- Hebrews 2:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 12
1 Corinthians 9:5
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5 (A)Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and (B)the brothers of the Lord and (C)Cephas?
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- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Greek a sister as wife
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