Genesis 2:24

The First Woman

²³ The man said: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called 'Woman.' This is 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 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

For This Cause

One Flesh

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O daughter, pay attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house.

Matthew 19:3-9

Pharisees came to him. They tested him, asking: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?

1 Corinthians 6:16-17

What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one (united with her) body? For he said: Two will be one flesh.

Mark 10:6-12

God made male and female from the beginning of creation.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord commands do not let the wife depart from her husband.

Ephesians 5:28-31

In this way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his own wife loves himself.

1 Peter 3:1-7

In like manner, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands. Even if your husband does not obey God's word, he may be won without a word by observing the way you live.

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her value is far above corals.

Malachi 2:14-16

You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.

1 Corinthians 7:2-4

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

Genesis 24:58-59

They called Rebecca and asked: Do you want to go with this man? Yes, she answered.

Genesis 31:14-15

Rachel and Leah asked: Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house?

Leviticus 22:12-13

A priest's daughter who marries someone who is not a priest may not eat any of the sacred offerings.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But all of you who were faithful to Jehovah your God are still alive today.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Respect Jehovah your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

Joshua 23:8

Remain faithful to Jehovah, as you have been until now.

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband. She who acts shameful is rottenness in his bones.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived he saw the grace of God and was glad. He exhorted them all to remain true to the Lord as their only purpose of heart.

Romans 7:2

Law binds the married woman to her husband while he lives. But if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

1 Timothy 5:14

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.