Matthew 19:5

New King James Version

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’?

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

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.”

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O daughter, Consider and incline your ear; Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

Psalm 63:8

My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

1 Samuel 18:1

Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Deuteronomy 11:22

“For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.

Deuteronomy 4:4

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

Genesis 34:3

His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to the young woman.

1 Kings 11:2

from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me; Your love to me was wonderful, Surpassing the love of women.

Malachi 2:15

But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.

Matthew 19:6

So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

1 Samuel 25:43

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.