John 3:29

Young's Literal Translation 1862

he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker `is' thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name, And thy Redeemer `is' the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.

Isaiah 66:11

So that ye suck, and have been satisfied, From the breast of her consolations, So that ye wring out, and have delighted yourselves From the abundance of her honour.

Jeremiah 2:2

`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

Ezekiel 16:8

And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time `is' a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

Hosea 2:19

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

Matthew 22:2

`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

Matthew 25:1

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, `Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.

Luke 15:6

and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

John 15:11

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

John 16:24

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

John 17:13

`And now unto Thee I come, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves;

John 3:30

`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

2 Corinthians 11:2

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

Philippians 2:2

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing -- having the same love -- of one soul -- minding the one thing,

1 John 1:4

and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

2 John 1:12

Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;

Revelation 21:9

And there came unto me one of the seven messengers, who have the seven vials that are full of the seven last plagues, and he spake with me, saying, `Come, I will shew thee the bride of the Lamb -- the wife,'