John 3:29

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He who has the bride  is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly  at the groom’s voice. So this joy  of mine is complete.

Cross References

Hosea 2:19

I will take you to be my wife for ever. I will take you to be my wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests   be sad while the groom is with them? The time   will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Ezekiel 16:8

‘ “Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of my garment over you and covered your nakedness.  I pledged myself to you,  entered into a covenant with you #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #and you became mine.

Isaiah 54:5

Indeed, your husband is your Maker   – his name is the Lord  of Armies – and the Holy One of Israel  is your Redeemer; he is called the God of the whole earth.

Revelation 21:9

Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues,  came and spoke with me: ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’

Philippians 2:2

make my joy complete by thinking the same way,  having the same love,  united in spirit, intent on one  purpose.

John 16:24

Until now you have asked for nothing in my name.   Ask and you will receive,   so that your joy may be complete.

1 John 1:4

We are writing these things  so that our  joy  may be complete.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous  for you with a godly jealousy,  because I have promised you in marriage to one husband #– #to present a pure  virgin to Christ.

Luke 15:6

and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbours together, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep! ”

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come to my garden #– #my sister, my bride. I gather  my myrrh with my spices. I eat my honeycomb with my honey. I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, be intoxicated with caresses!  ,

Matthew 25:1

‘At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins   who took their lamps   and went out to meet the groom.

Jeremiah 2:2

‘Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride – how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Isaiah 66:11

so that you may nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breast and drink deeply and delight yourselves from her glorious breasts.

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go out, young women of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother placed on him on the day of his wedding   – the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

2 John 1:12

Though I have many things to write to you,  I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy  may be complete.

John 17:13

Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them.

Matthew 22:2

‘The kingdom of heaven   is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

John 3:30

He must increase, but I must decrease.’

John 15:11

‘I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.