Matthew 19:6

The English Standar Version

So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore 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

But you say, "Why does he not?" Because the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:16

"For the man who hates and divorces, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers[10] his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless."

Matthew 19:5

and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh'?

Matthew 19:7

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?"

Mark 10:9

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

Romans 7:2

Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[2]

Ephesians 5:28

In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.