Genesis 2:24

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Cross References

Genesis 4:19

And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Psalm 45:10

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

Proverbs 12:4

A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 2:17

who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

Proverbs 31:10

A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;

Romans 7:2

Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies she is discharged from the law concerning the husband.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve him and cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

Deuteronomy 4:4

but you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive this day.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, rule their households, and give the enemy no occasion to revile us.

Joshua 23:8

but cleave to the Lord your God as you have done to this day.

1 Samuel 25:43

David also took Ahino-am of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives.