Genesis 2:24

The First Woman

²³ Then said Adam, "This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because she was taken of the man." ²⁴ For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. ²⁵ And they were either of them naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.

For This Cause

One Flesh

Psalm 45:10

Hearken, O daughter, and consider; incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.

Matthew 19:3-9

Then came unto him the Pharisees to tempt him, and said to him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for all manner of causes?"

1 Corinthians 6:16-17

Do ye not understand that he which coupleth himself with a harlot, is become one body? "For two," saith he, "shall be one flesh."

Mark 10:6-12

But at the first creation, God made them man and woman, saying,

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

Unto the married command not I, but the Lord: that the wife separate not herself from the man.

Ephesians 5:28-31

So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.

1 Peter 3:1-7

Likewise, let the wives be in subjection to their husbands, that even they which believe not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives:

Proverbs 31:10

Whoso findeth a honest faithful woman, she is much more worth than pearls.

Malachi 2:14-16

And yet ye say, 'Wherefore?' Even because that whereas the LORD made a covenant betwixt thee and the wife of thy youth, thou hast despised her: Yet is she thine own companion and married wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2-4

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his wife: and let every woman have her husband.

Genesis 24:58-59

And they called forth Rebekah and said unto her, "Wilt thou go with this man?" And she said, "Yea."

Genesis 31:14-15

Then answered Rachel and Lea and said unto him, "We have no part nor inheritance in our father's house:

Leviticus 22:12-13

If the priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of the hallowed heave offerings.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But ye that clave unto the LORD your God are alive, every one of you, this day.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God and serve him and cleave unto him and swear by his name,

Joshua 23:8

But that ye stick fast unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

Proverbs 12:4

A steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones.

Acts 11:23

Which when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad: and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would continually cleave unto the Lord.

Romans 7:2

For the woman which is in subjection to a man, is bound by the law to the man, as long as he liveth. If the man be dead, she is loosed from the law of the man.

1 Timothy 5:14

I will therefore that the younger women marry and bear children, and guide the house, and give none occasion to the adversary to speak evil.