39 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Another said, 'I just got married, and I cannot come.'

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

To the married I give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?" says the Lord.

and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

This woman's child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.

who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father's household to the land that I will show you.

But his father and mother said to him, "Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines." But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, because she is the right one for me."

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sexual relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife.

Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."

When he got home, he told his father and mother, "A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife."

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

but Hannah did not go up with them. Instead she told her husband, "Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on."

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family."

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,

A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord).