Matthew 19:6

Amplified Bible

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.

Malachi 2:14

But you say, “Why [does He reject it]?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your marriage companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your vows].

Malachi 2:16

“For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong and violence,” says the Lord of hosts. “Therefore keep watch on your spirit, so that you do not deal treacherously [with your wife].”

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? [Gen 1:27; 2:24; Mark 10:7]

Matthew 19:7

The Pharisees said to Him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” [Deut 24:1-4]

Mark 10:9

Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce].”

Romans 7:2

For the married woman [as an example] is bound and remains bound by law to her husband while he lives; but if her husband dies, she is released and exempt from the law concerning her husband.

Ephesians 5:28

Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.