Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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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Bible References
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Genesis 24:58
They called Rebecca and asked: Do you want to go with this man? Yes, she answered.
Genesis 31:14
Rachel and Leah asked: Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house?
Psalm 45:10
Listen, O daughter, pay attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house.
And they shall be one flesh
Malachi 2:14
You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.
Matthew 19:3
Pharisees came to him. They tested him, asking: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?
Mark 10:6
God made male and female from the beginning of creation.
Romans 7:2
Law binds the married woman to her husband while he lives. But if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
1 Corinthians 6:16
What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one (united with her) body? For he said: Two will be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Ephesians 5:28
In this way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He that 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, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands. Even if your husband does not obey God's word, he may be won without a word by observing the way you live.
General references
Mark 10:7
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife.
Ephesians 5:31
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and will stick (adhere) (cleave) (be joined) to his wife. The two will become one flesh.