Matthew 19:6

New King James Version

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

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, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:16

“For the Lord 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, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

Mark 10:9

Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Romans 7:2

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

Ephesians 5:28

So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.