Matthew 19:6

Legacy Standard Bible

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

Who forsakes the close companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;

Malachi 2:14

But you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because Yahweh has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:16

For I hate divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says Yahweh of hosts. “Be careful then to keep your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

Matthew 19:7

They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Mark 10:9

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

Romans 7:2

For the married woman has been bound by law to her husband while he is living, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.

Ephesians 5:28

So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled, for the sexually immoral and adulterers God will judge.