Bible Verses About the Bride: 12

"I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband."

— Revelation 21:2 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about the bride want Scripture on the bride / Lamb's wife — Greek nymphē — not only the Bridegroom nymphios title alone, the wedding Bible verses ceremony readings list, or the church body inventory alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about the Bridegroom, Wedding Bible verses, Wedding Bible readings, Bible verses about the church, Bible verses about covenant, Bible verses about New Jerusalem, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about eternal life, Bible verses about Jesus, and Bible verse of the day. Bride here means nymphē — the people prepared for Christ — distinct from Bridegroom-centered lists and from wedding-program readings alone. The Marriage of the Lamb list is on Bible verses about Marriage of the Lamb.

Word study (lead theme). In Greek, "bride" is νύμφη nymphē (Strong's G3565; Bible Hub G3565) — a bride or young wife. Revelation pairs the bride with the Lamb's wedding; Ephesians frames the church as presented radiant. Isaiah already speaks of God rejoicing over his people as a bridegroom over a bride — this page stays on the bride side of that image.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Revelation 21 presses the Holy City prepared as a bride (Bible Hub MHC Revelation 21; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Revelation 21). On Ephesians 5 he names Christ's love for the church as the pattern of the marriage mystery — the radiant church presented to himself (Bible Hub MHC Ephesians 5; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5). (Bridegroom and wedding-readings lists live on those pages; this list centers nymphē.)

12 Bible verses about the bride

1. Revelation 21:2. "I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband." The city prepared as a bride. See Bible verses about New Jerusalem.

2. Revelation 21:9. "One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, 'Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.'" The bride, the wife of the Lamb. See Bible verses about Jesus.

3. Revelation 19:7. "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready." The bride has made herself ready. See Bible verses about the Bridegroom.

4. Revelation 19:8. "Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear. (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God's holy people.)" Fine linen for the bride — righteous acts. See Bible verses about holiness.

5. Isaiah 61:10. "I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels." As a bride adorns herself — clothed with salvation. See Bible verses about salvation.

6. Isaiah 49:18. "Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live," declares the Lord, "you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride." Like a bride — people as ornaments. See Bible verses about hope.

7. Isaiah 62:4. "No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married." No longer deserted — the land is married. See Bible verses about covenant.

8. Jeremiah 2:2. "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: 'This is what the Lord says: "I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown."'" Devotion of youth — as a bride. See Bible verses about faith.

9. Song of Songs 4:9-10. "You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice!" My sister, my bride — love that delights. See Bible verses about hope.

10. Psalm 45:13-14. "All glorious is the princess within her chamber; her gown is interwoven with gold. In embroidered garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions follow her—those brought to be with her." The royal bride is led to the king. See Bible verses about the church.

11. Ephesians 5:25-27. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless." Christ presents the church radiant — bride pattern. See Bible verses about the church.

12. Revelation 22:17. "The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let the one who hears say, 'Come!' Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life." The Spirit and the bride say Come. See Bible verses about eternal life.

Questions people ask

Who is the bride of Christ in the Bible? Scripture pictures God's people / the church as the bride prepared for Christ — especially Revelation's wedding of the Lamb and Ephesians' radiant church. This page gathers nymphē / bride passages; the Bridegroom page centers Christ as nymphios.

Is the bride the same as the church? Closely related. Church-as-assembly lists live on the church page; this list stays on bride / Lamb's-wife imagery.

How is the bride different from the Bridegroom? Bridegroom is Christ's title; bride is the people prepared for him. Cross-link both pages.

Where does Revelation call the church a bride? Revelation 19:7-8; 21:2, 9; 22:17 are central. New Jerusalem prepared as a bride is also on that city page — keep inventories distinct.

Sources

• NIV Scripture quotations.
• Strong's G3565 nymphē; Blue Letter Bible and Bible Hub lexicon entries (curl-verified).
• Matthew Henry Concise on Revelation 21 and Ephesians 5 (Bible Hub MHC + Blue Letter Bible Comm).