Matthew 19:6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

Malachi 2:14

Yet you ask, “For what reason? ” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:16

“If he hates and divorces his wife, ” says the Lord God of Israel, “he covers his garment with injustice,” says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously.

Matthew 19:5

and He also said: “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?

Matthew 19:7

“Why then,” they asked Him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away? ”

Mark 10:9

Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

Romans 7:2

For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.

Ephesians 5:28

In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.