John 3:29

Modern English Version

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day of the gladness of his heart.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I came to my garden, my sister, my bride; I gathered my myrrh with my spice. I ate my honeycomb with my honey, and I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, my friends! Drink, and be drunk, O lovers!

Isaiah 54:5

For your maker is your husband, the Lord of Hosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He shall be called the God of the whole earth.

Isaiah 66:11

that you may feed and be satisfied with her consoling breasts, that you may feed and be delighted with the abundance of her bosom.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, when you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Ezekiel 16:8

When I passed by you and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time for love. So I spread My garment over you and covered your nakedness. Indeed, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became Mine.

Hosea 2:19

I will take you for My wife forever. I will take you for My wife in righteousness and in justice, in mercy and in compassion.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 15:6

Then when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’

John 15:11

I have spoken these things to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 16:24

Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

John 17:13

“But now I am coming to You, and I say these things in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 3:30

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Philippians 2:2

then fulfill my joy and be like-minded, having the same love, being in unity with one mind.

1 John 1:4

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

2 John 1:12

I have many things to write to you, but I prefer not to write with papyrus and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and speak face to face that our joy may be complete.

Revelation 21:9

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”