18 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

For this reason shall a man forsake his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be as one flesh.

And he said, for this reason shall a man forsake father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

and said, For this cause shall a man forsake father and mother, and shall adhere to his wife;

And every one who hath left family, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit life eternal.

If any man cometh after me, and hateth not father, and mother, and wife and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn as their first duty to shew their piety towards their own family, and make a grateful return to their progenitors: for this is becoming and acceptable before God.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there is no man who hath left family, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

Lo! I hold myself ready the third time to come unto you, and I will not burden you; for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up treasure for their parents, but the parents for the children.

But to the married not I command, but the Lord, That the wife be not separated from the husband:

For the husband that believeth not is sanctified by the wife, and the wife who believeth not is sanctified by the husband: else indeed your children were unclean, but now are they holy.

He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

and even if she should be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Then Jesus in reply said, Verily I say unto you, there is no man who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and the Gospel's,

and they two shall be one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

The father shall take part against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the step-mother against her daughter-in-law, and the son's wife against her mother-in-law.

Then said another, I will follow thee, Lord, but give me leave first to bid adieu to those at my house.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is free to be married to whomsoever she will, but only in the Lord.