John 3:29

New American Bible - revised edition

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom; the best man, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made complete.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

go out and look upon King Solomon In the crown with which his mother has crowned him on the day of his marriage, on the day of the joy of his heart.

Song of Solomon 5:1

M 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. D? Eat, friends; drink! Drink deeply, lovers!

Isaiah 54:5

For your husband is your Maker; the Lord of hosts is his name, Your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, called God of all the earth.

Isaiah 66:11

So that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; That you may drink with delight at her abundant breasts!

Jeremiah 2:2

Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear! I remember the devotion of your youth, how you loved me as a bride, Following me in the wilderness, in a land unsown.

Ezekiel 16:8

I passed by you again and saw that you were now old enough for love. So I spread the corner of my cloak over you to cover your nakedness; I swore an oath to you and entered into covenant with you—oracle of the Lord God—and you became mine.

Hosea 2:19

I will remove from her mouth the names of the Baals; they shall no longer be mentioned by their name.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 25:1

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

Matthew 9:15

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

Luke 15:6

and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’

John 15:11

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

John 17:13

But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely.

John 3:30

He must increase; I must decrease.” The One from Heaven.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Philippians 2:2

complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.

1 John 1:4

We are writing this so that our joy may be complete. God Is Light.

2 John 1:12

Although I have much to write to you, I do not intend to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and to speak face to face so that our joy may be complete.

Revelation 21:9

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