Matthew 19:6

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

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

Malachi 2:14

Yet you say, “Why?” It is 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 companion and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:16

For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He hates divorce; for it covers one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore take heed to 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, “Then why did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to send her away?”

Mark 10:9

What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.”

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.

Ephesians 5:28

In this way men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honored among everyone, and the bed undefiled. But God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.