Genesis 2:24

Modern English Version

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Cross References

Genesis 4:19

Lamech took two wives. The name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your own people and your father’s house,

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wife who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 2:17

who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a virtuous wife? Her worth is far above rubies.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with a loyal heart.

Romans 7:2

For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding her husband.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You must fear the Lord your God. You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, and give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Joshua 23:8

Instead, cling to the Lord your God, as you have done until today.

1 Samuel 25:43

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. So both of them were his wives.