Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And they shall be one flesh
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Genesis 24:58
They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."
Genesis 31:14
Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Psalm 45:10
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
And they shall be one flesh
Malachi 2:14
Yet you say, 'Why?' Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
Matthew 19:3
The Pharisees came, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of the creation, he made them male and female.
Romans 7:2
For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
1 Corinthians 6:16
Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."
1 Corinthians 7:2
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Ephesians 5:28
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
1 Timothy 5:14
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.
1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any do not obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
General references
Mark 10:7
For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
Ephesians 5:31
"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."