Ephesians 5:29

New King James Version

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does 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 for his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.

Ezekiel 34:27

Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Romans 1:31

undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;

Ephesians 5:28

So husbands ought to love their own 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 be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”