Matthew 19:5
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5 and said, (A)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and (B)the two shall become one flesh’?
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Genesis 2:21-24
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21 So the Lord God caused a (A)deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made[a] into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,
“This at last is (B)bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was (C)taken out of Man.”[b]
24 (D)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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- Genesis 2:22 Hebrew built
- Genesis 2:23 The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike
1 Corinthians 7:4
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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.
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1 Corinthians 7:2
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2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
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Ephesians 5:31
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31 (A)“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and (B)the two shall become one flesh.”
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1 Corinthians 6:16
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16 Or do you not know that he who is joined[a] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, (A)“The two will become one flesh.”
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- 1 Corinthians 6:16 Or who holds fast (compare Genesis 2:24 and Deuteronomy 10:20); also verse 17
Mark 10:5-9
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5 And Jesus said to them, “Because of your (A)hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6 But (B)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them (C)male and female.’ 7 (D)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,[a] 8 and (E)the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 (F)What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
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- Mark 10:7 Some manuscripts omit and hold fast to his wife
Psalm 45:10
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10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father's house,
Romans 12:9
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Marks of the True Christian
9 (A)Let love be genuine. (B)Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
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Psalm 63:8
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1 Samuel 18:1
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David and Jonathan's Friendship
18 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan (A)loved him as his own soul.
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Deuteronomy 11:22
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22 For if (A)you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and (B)holding fast to him,
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Deuteronomy 10:20
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20 (A)You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and (B)hold fast to him, and (C)by his name you shall swear.
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Deuteronomy 4:4
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4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.
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1 Kings 11:2
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2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, (A)“You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.
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2 Samuel 1:26
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26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
very pleasant have you been to me;
(A)your love to me was extraordinary,
surpassing the love of women.
Genesis 34:3
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3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
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