Ephesians 5:29

Modern King James Version

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord loves the church.

Cross References

Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man.

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

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 with young.

Ezekiel 34:27

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. And they shall be safe in their land, and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hands of those who enslaved them.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

Matthew 6:26

Behold the birds of the air; for they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them; are you not much better than they are?

Romans 1:31

undiscerning, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

Ephesians 5:28

So 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 cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh."