John 3:29

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Cross References (25)

  • Hosea 2:19 (13)

    So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.

  • Ephesians 5:25–27 (12)

    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

  • Isaiah 54:5 (12)

    For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the G

  • Matthew 9:15 (12)

    Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the brideg

  • Ezekiel 16:8 (11)

    Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your na

  • Revelation 21:9 (10)

    Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will sho

  • Revelation 19:7–9 (10)

    Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself

  • Philippians 2:2 (9)

    then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

  • John 16:24 (8)

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

  • 2 Corinthians 11:2 (8)

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

  • 1 John 1:4 (7)

    We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

  • Song of Solomon 5:1 (7)

    I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my

  • Luke 15:6 (7)

    comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!

  • Matthew 25:1 (6)

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

  • Song of Solomon 4:8–12 (6)

    Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Seni

  • Luke 2:10–14 (6)

    But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the p

  • Isaiah 66:11 (5)

    so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glo

  • Isaiah 62:4–5 (5)

    No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beu

  • Jeremiah 2:2 (5)

    “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, yo

  • Judges 14:10–11 (4)

    Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.

  • Song of Solomon 3:11 (4)

    Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day

  • John 17:13 (3)

    But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled

  • Matthew 22:2 (3)

    “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

  • 2 John 1:12 (3)

    I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and spea

  • Psalms 45:9–17 (2)

    The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir