John 3:29

New International Version

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

come out, and look, you daughters of Zion. Look on King Solomon wearing a crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband— the Lord Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.

Isaiah 66:11

For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance.”

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: “ ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Hosea 2:19

I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared 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 answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

Luke 15:6

and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’

John 15:11

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

John 16:24

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

John 17:13

“I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.

John 3:30

He must become greater; I must become less.”

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.

Philippians 2:2

then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

1 John 1:4

We write this to make our joy complete.

2 John 1:12

I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so 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 and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”