Matthew 19:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Said

Cleave

And they

1 Corinthians 6:16

1 Corinthians 7:2

General references

Mark 10:7

Ephesians 5:31

Bible References

Said

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear [to my instruction]:
Forget your people and your father’s house;

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of hearts [your callousness and insensitivity toward your wives and the provision of God] he wrote you this precept.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become

one flesh.

Cleave

But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart’s wishes.

but you who held tightly to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

You shall fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect]; you shall serve Him and cling to Him [hold tightly to Him, be united with Him], and you shall swear [oaths] by His name.

For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to hold tightly to Him—

When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bonded to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been a good friend to me.
Your love toward me was more wonderful
Than the love of women.

from the very nations of whom the Lord said to the Israelites, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for the result will be that they will turn away your hearts to follow their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these in love.

My soul [my life, my very self] clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.

Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good.

And they

Do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “The two shall be one flesh.”

But because of [the temptation to participate in] sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

General references

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother [to establish a home with his wife],

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become

one flesh.