Ephesians 5:29

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,

Cross References

Genesis 2:23

Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

Proverbs 11:17

A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

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

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Ezekiel 34:27

And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Matthew 23:37

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

Matthew 6:26

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

Romans 1:31

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Ephesians 5:28

Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:30

because we are members of his body.

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.”