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
And they called Rebecca and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Genesis 31:14
And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Psalm 45:10
Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house:
And they shall be one flesh
Malachi 2:14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Matthew 19:3
And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Mark 10:6
but from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Romans 7:2
For the married woman is bound by law to her husband so long as he is alive; but if the husband should die, she is clear from the law of the husband:
1 Corinthians 6:16
Do ye not know that he that is joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:2
but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband.
Ephesians 5:28
So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.
1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.
1 Peter 3:1
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without the word by the conversation of the wives,
General references
Mark 10:7
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,
Ephesians 5:31
Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.