John 3:29

John compares himself to the bridegroom's friend who rejoices to hear the bridegroom's voice; Jesus is the bridegroom who has the bride. His joy is fulfilled in Christ's increase.

Cross-references · 25

• Hos 2:19So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
• Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
• Eph 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• Matt 9:15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Ezek 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
• Rev 21:9Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
• Rev 19:7–9Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
• Phil 2:2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
• John 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
• 2 Cor 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
• Luke 15:6comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
• 1 Jn 1:4We write these things so that our joy may be complete.
• Song 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
• Matt 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.
• Luke 2:10–14But 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 people:
• Song 4:8–12Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
• Isa 66:11so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
• Jer 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
• Isa 62:4–5No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
• Song 3:11Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
• Judg 14:10–11Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
• John 17:13But 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 within them.
• 2 Jn 1:12I 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 speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
• Matt 22:2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
• Ps 45:9–17The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

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