Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

General references

Bible References

Said

Genesis 2:21
The LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
Psalm 45:10
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
Mark 10:5
But Jesus said, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
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."

Cleave

Genesis 34:3
His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
Deuteronomy 4:4
But you who were faithful to the LORD your God are all alive this day.
Deuteronomy 10:20
You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 11:22
For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him;
1 Samuel 18:1
It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26
I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
1 Kings 11:2
of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, "You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love.
Psalm 63:8
My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

And they

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.

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."