Ephesians 5:29

Revised Version 1885

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

Cross References

Genesis 2:23

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that give suck.

Ezekiel 34:27

And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Matthew 6:26

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

Romans 1:31

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:

Ephesians 5:28

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Ephesians 5:30

because we are members of his body.

Ephesians 5:31

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.