Psa 45:10-16, Mat 25:1-13, Joh 3:29-30, 2Cor 11:2, Eph 5:24-32, Rev 19:7-9 | ESV | STEP | Hear , O daughter , and consider , and incline your ear : forget your people and your father’s house ,

10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father’s house,
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your ^alord, ^bbow to him.
12 The people ^{▼▼Hebrew daughter} of Tyre will ^dseek your favor with ^egifts,
^fthe richest of the people. ^{▼▼Or The daughter of Tyre is here with gifts, the richest of people seek your favor}
13 All glorious is ^hthe princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
14 ⁱIn many-colored robes ^jshe is led to the king,
with her virgin companions following behind her.
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
16 In place of your fathers shall be your sons;
you will make them ^kprinces in all the earth.

Matthew 25:1-13

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ^lten virgins who took their lamps ^{▼▼Or torches} and went to meet ⁿthe bridegroom. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add and the bride} 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were ^pwise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom ^qwas delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But ^rat midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all those virgins rose and ^strimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and ^tthose who were ready went in with him to ^uthe marriage feast, and ^vthe door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ^w‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 ^xBut he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, ^yI do not know you.’ 13 ^zWatch therefore, for you ^aaknow neither the day nor the hour.

John 3:29-30

29 ^abThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^acThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^adrejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 ^aeHe must increase, but I must decrease.” ^{▼▼Some interpreters hold that the quotation continues through verse 36}

2 Corinthians 11:2

2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since ^agI betrothed you to one husband, ^ahto present you ^aias a pure virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 5:24-32

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit ^ajin everything to their husbands.

25 ^akHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^algave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^amthe washing of water ^anwith the word, 27 so ^aothat he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^apwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ^{▼▼Or holy and blameless} 28 In the same way ^arhusbands 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 ^aswe are members of his body. 31 ^at“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^authe two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Revelation of John 19:7-9

7 Let us rejoice and exult
and give him the glory,
for ^avthe marriage of the Lamb has come,
and ^awhis Bride has made herself ready;
8 ^axit was granted her to clothe herself
with fine linen, bright and pure”—
for the fine linen is ^aythe righteous deeds of the saints.

9 And the angel said ^{▼▼Greek he said} to me, “Write this: ^baBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, ^bb“These are the true words of God.”