Ephesians 5:29

Modern English Version

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord cares for the church.

Cross References

Genesis 2:23

Then Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she will be called Woman, for she was taken out of Man.”

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man does good for his own soul, but a cruel man troubles his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands for slothfulness, and eats his flesh for lack of food.

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

The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the ground shall yield its increase, and they shall be safe in their land. Then they 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 who enslaved them.

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not!

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor 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, calloused, and unmerciful,

Ephesians 5:28

In this way men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who 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 reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.”