Ephesians 5:29

American King James Version (1999)

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:

Cross References

Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Ezekiel 34:27

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

Romans 1:31

Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Ephesians 5:28

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Ephesians 5:31

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.