John 3:29

New English Translation

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!

Isaiah 54:5

For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.”

Isaiah 66:11

For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the Lord says: “I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.

Ezekiel 16:8

“‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Hosea 2:19

I will commit myself to you forever; I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

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 bridegroom.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 15:6

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’

John 15:11

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

John 16:24

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

John 17:13

But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

John 3:30

He must become more important while I become less important.”

2 Corinthians 11:2

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

Philippians 2:2

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

1 John 1:4

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

2 John 1:12

Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

Revelation 21:9

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”