John 3:29

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

He that hath a wife, is the husband [or the spouse]; but the friend of the spouse that standeth, and heareth him, joyeth with joy, for the voice of the spouse. Therefore in this thing my joy is fulfilled.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

Ye daughters of Zion, go out, and see king Solomon in the diadem, with which his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousing, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Song of Solomon 5:1

My sister spousess, come thou into my garden. I have reaped my myrrh, with my sweet smelling spices; I have eaten an honeycomb, with mine honey; I have drunk my wine, with my milk. Friends, eat ye, and drink; and most dear friends, be ye filled greatly.

Isaiah 54:5

For he that made thee, shall be lord of thee; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thine again-buyer, the Holy of Israel, shall be called God of all earth.

Isaiah 66:11

that both ye suck, and be [ful] filled of the teats and comfort thereof, that ye milk, and flow in delights, of all manner glory thereof.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go thou, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, and say, The Lord saith these things, I had mind on thee, and I had mercy on thee in thy young waxing age, and on the charity of thy espousing, when thou followedest me in desert, in the land which is not sown.

Ezekiel 16:8

And I passed by thee, and I saw thee, and lo! thy time, the time of lovers; and I spreaded abroad my clothing on thee, and I covered thy shame. And I swore to thee, and I made a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou were made a wife to me.

Hosea 2:19

And I shall spouse thee to me without end; and I shall spouse thee to me in rightfulness [or rightwiseness], and in doom, and in mercy, and in merciful doings.

Matthew 22:2

The kingdom of heavens is made like to a king that made weddings to his son.

Matthew 25:1

Then the kingdom of heavens shall be like to ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went out to meet the husband and the wife;

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, Whether the sons of the spouse may mourn [or wail] as long as the spouse is with them? But days shall come, when the spouse shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

Luke 15:6

and he cometh home, and calleth together his friends and neighbours, and saith to them, Be ye glad with me, for I have found my sheep, that had perished [or I had lost].

John 15:11

These things I spake to you, that my joy be in you, and your joy be full-filled.

John 16:24

Till now ye asked nothing in my name; ask ye, and ye shall take, that your joy be full.

John 17:13

But now I come to thee, and I speak these things in the world, that they have my joy fulfilled in them-selves.

John 3:30

It behooveth him to wax, but me to be made less [or to be diminished].

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I love you by the love of God; for I have espoused you to one husband, to yield a chaste virgin to Christ, [or to give you, a chaste virgin, to one man, Christ].

Philippians 2:2

[ful] fill ye my joy, that ye under-stand the same thing, and have the same charity, of one will, and feel the same thing;

1 John 1:4

And we write this thing to you, that ye have joy, and that your joy be full.

2 John 1:12

I have more things to write to you, and I would not by parchment and ink; for I hope that I shall come to you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy be full.

Revelation 21:9

And one came of the seven angels, having vials full of the seven last vengeances [or the seven last plagues]. And he spake with me, and said, Come thou, and I shall show to thee the spousess, the wife of the lamb.