John 3:29

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Cross References

Hosea 2:19

And I will espouse thee to me for ever: and I will espouse thee to me in justice, and judgment, and in mercy, and in commiserations.

Matthew 9:15

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

Ezekiel 16:8

And I passed by thee and saw thee: and, behold, thy time was the time of lovers: and I spread my garment over thee and covered thy ignominy. And I swore to thee and I entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God. And thou becamest mine.

Isaiah 54:5

For he that made thee shall rule over thee. The Lord of hosts is his name: and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of all the earth.

Revelation 21:9

And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come, and I will shew thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

Philippians 2:2

Fulfil ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.

John 16:24

Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.

1 John 1:4

And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice, and your joy may be full.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Luke 15:6

And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

Song of Solomon 5:1

Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved.

Matthew 25:1

THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: I have remembered thee, pitying thy youth and the love of thy espousals, when thou followedst me in the desert, in a land that is not sown.

Isaiah 66:11

That you may suck and be filled with the breasts of her consolations: that you may milk out and flow with delights, from the abundance of her glory.

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and see king Solomon in the diadem, wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the joy of his heart.

2 John 1:12

Having more things to write unto you, I would not by paper and ink: for I hope that I shall be with you, and speak face to face: that your joy may be full.

John 17:13

And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in themselves.

Matthew 22:2

The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son.

John 3:30

He must increase, but I must decrease.

John 15:11

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.