Matthew 19:5
King James Version
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
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Matthew 19:5
New International Version
5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[a]?(A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24
Genesis 2:21-24
King James Version
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam 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.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Genesis 2:21-24
New International Version
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(A) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b](B) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;(C)
she shall be called(D) ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.(E)”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(F) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
- Genesis 2:22 Or part
1 Corinthians 7:4
King James Version
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
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1 Corinthians 7:4
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4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:2
King James Version
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
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1 Corinthians 7:2
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2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
Ephesians 5:31
King James Version
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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Ephesians 5:31
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31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24
1 Corinthians 6:16
King James Version
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
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1 Corinthians 6:16
New International Version
16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen. 2:24
Mark 10:5-9
King James Version
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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Mark 10:5-9
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5 “It was because your hearts were hard(A) that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[a](B) 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,[b] 8 and the two will become one flesh.’[c](C) So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Psalm 45:10
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10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
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Psalm 45:10
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Romans 12:9
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9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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Romans 12:9
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Psalm 63:8
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8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
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Psalm 63:8
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1 Samuel 18:1
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18 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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1 Samuel 18:1
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Saul’s Growing Fear of David
18 After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan(A) became one in spirit with David, and he loved(B) him as himself.(C)
Deuteronomy 11:22
King James Version
22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
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Deuteronomy 11:22
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22 If you carefully observe(A) all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love(B) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast(C) to him—
Deuteronomy 10:20
King James Version
20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
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Deuteronomy 10:20
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