Isa 54:5, 62:4-5, Mat 22:3, 25:1, Joh 3:29, Eph 5:25-32 | ESV | STEP | For your Maker is your husband , the Lord of hosts is his name ; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer , the God of the whole earth he is called .

5 ^aFor your Maker is your husband,
the Lord of hosts is his name;
^band the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
^cthe God of the whole earth he is called.

Isaiah 62:4-5

4 ^dYou shall no more be termed ^eForsaken, ^{▼▼Hebrew Azubah}
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, ^{▼▼Hebrew Shemamah}
^hbut you shall be called ⁱMy Delight Is in Her, ^{▼▼Hebrew Hephzibah}
and your land Married; ^{▼▼Hebrew Beulah}
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so ^lshall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so ^mshall your God rejoice over you.

Matthew 22:3

3 and ⁿsent his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10} to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.

Matthew 25:1

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ^pten virgins who took their lamps ^{▼▼Or torches} and went to meet ^rthe bridegroom. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add and the bride}

John 3:29

29 ^tThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^uThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^vrejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

Ephesians 5:25-32

25 ^wHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^xgave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^ythe washing of water ^zwith the word, 27 so ^aathat he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^abwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ^{▼▼Or holy and blameless} 28 In the same way ^adhusbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because ^aewe are members of his body. 31 ^af“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^agthe two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.