Genesis 2:24

The First Woman

²³ Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." ²⁴ For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. ²⁵ And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

For This Cause

One Flesh

Psalm 45:10

Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear: forget your people and your father's house,

Matthew 19:3-9

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?"

1 Corinthians 6:16-17

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."

Mark 10:6-12

But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband

Ephesians 5:28-31

In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

1 Peter 3:1-7

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

Proverbs 31:10

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Malachi 2:14-16

But you say, "Why does he not?" Because the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

1 Corinthians 7:2-4

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Genesis 24:58-59

And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."

Genesis 31:14-15

Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, "Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's house?

Leviticus 22:12-13

If a priest's daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But you who held fast to the LORD your God are all alive today.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.

Joshua 23:8

but you shall cling to the LORD your God just as you have done to this day.

Proverbs 12:4

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,

Romans 7:2

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.