Genesis 2:24

The First Woman

²³ So the man exclaimed, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. This one will be called "Woman,' because she was taken from Man." ²⁴ (Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.) ²⁵ Even though both the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about it.

For This Cause

One Flesh

Psalm 45:10

Listen, daughter! Consider and pay attention. Forget your people and your father's house,

Matthew 19:3-9

Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

1 Corinthians 6:16-17

You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, "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 married people I give this command (not really I, but the Lord): A wife must not leave her husband.

Ephesians 5:28-31

In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

1 Peter 3:1-7

In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a capable wife? Her value far exceeds the finest jewels.

Malachi 2:14-16

Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.

1 Corinthians 7:2-4

Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

Genesis 24:58-59

So they called Rebekah and asked her, "Do you want to go with this man?" "I will go," she replied.

Genesis 31:14-15

Then Rachel and Leah asked him, "Do we have anything left of inheritance remaining in our father's house?

Leviticus 22:12-13

If a priest's daughter marries a resident alien, she is not to eat the sacred raised offerings.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But all of you who are clinging to the LORD your God are alive today.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve him. Cling to him and swear by his name.

Joshua 23:8

Instead, you are to hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done today,

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but a wife who puts him to shame is like bone cancer.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived, he rejoiced to see what the grace of God had done, and with hearty determination he kept encouraging all of them to remain faithful to the Lord,

Romans 7:2

For a married woman is bound by the Law to her husband while he is living, but if her husband dies, she is released from the Law concerning her husband.

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.