Genesis 2:24

The First Woman

²³ And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man. ²⁴ Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh. ²⁵ And they were both naked, the man and his wife; and they were not ashamed.

For This Cause

One Flesh

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O daughter, and look; and bow down your ear; and forget your own people and your father's house.

Matthew 19:3-9

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

1 Corinthians 6:16-17

Or do you not know that he being joined to a harlot is one body? For He says, The two 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

And to the married I command (not I, but the Lord), a woman not to be separated from her husband.

Ephesians 5:28-31

So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

1 Peter 3:1-7

Likewise, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the Word, they may also be won without the Word by the conduct of the wives,

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a woman of virtue? For her value is far above rubies.

Malachi 2:14-16

Yet you say, Why? Because Jehovah has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and your covenant wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2-4

But, because of the fornications, let each have his own wife, and let each have her own husband.

Genesis 24:58-59

And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you 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, when she belongs to a man, a stranger, she may not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.

Deuteronomy 4:4

And you who held fast to Jehovah your God are alive, every one of you, this day.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear Jehovah your God. You shall serve Him, and you shall hold fast to Him, and swear by His name.

Joshua 23:8

But cleave to Jehovah your God, as you have done to this day.

Proverbs 12:4

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Acts 11:23

who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.

Romans 7:2

For the married woman was bound by law to the living husband. But if the husband is dead, she is set free from the law of her husband.

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore I want the younger ones to marry, bear children, guide the house, giving no occasion to the adversary because of reproach.