Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Bible References

As

Ephesians 5:31
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
Matthew 19:5
and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

General references

Deuteronomy 22:13
If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,
Song of Songs 2:6
“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

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