Genesis 2:24

The First Woman

²³ And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man. ²⁴ Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. ²⁵ And they were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

For This Cause

One Flesh

Psalm 45:10

Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house:

Matthew 19:3-9

And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

1 Corinthians 6:16-17

Do ye not know that he that is joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh.

Mark 10:6-12

but from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

But to the married I enjoin, not I, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

Ephesians 5:28-31

So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.

1 Peter 3:1-7

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,

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubies.

Malachi 2:14-16

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.

1 Corinthians 7:2-4

but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband.

Genesis 24:58-59

And they called Rebecca and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

Genesis 31:14-15

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Leviticus 22:12-13

And a priest's daughter who is married to a stranger may not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

Deuteronomy 4:4

but ye that did cleave to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

Joshua 23:8

but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

Proverbs 12:4

A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Acts 11:23

who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;

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 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.