Matthew 19:5

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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

Genesis 34:3

And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the girl, and spoke tenderly to her.

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; greatly beloved were you to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

1 Kings 11:2

from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the Israelites, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you; for they will surely incline your heart to follow their gods”; Solomon clung to these in love.

Psalm 45:10

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father's house,

Psalm 63:8

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Malachi 2:15

Did not one God make her? Both flesh and spirit are his. And what does the one God desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.

Matthew 19:6

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

Romans 12:9

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;

1 Corinthians 6:16

Do you not know that whoever is united to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For it is said, “The two shall be one flesh.”

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:4

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

Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; him alone you shall worship; to him you shall hold fast, and by his name you shall swear.

Deuteronomy 11:22

If you will diligently observe this entire commandment that I am commanding you, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him,

Deuteronomy 4:4

while those of you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.

1 Samuel 18:1

When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 25:43

David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel; both of them became his wives.