18 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

and he said, On this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and the two shall be one flesh;

and whoever has left brothers or sisters, or a father or mother, or children, or lands or houses, for my name's sake, shall receive many times as much, and inherit eternal life.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and still more his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

But if any widow has children or relatives, let them learn first to support their family and to make returns to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

And he said to them, I tell you truly, that there is no one who has left a house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, on account of the kingdom of God,

Behold, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be burdensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.

But the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband,

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.

He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

and also if she is separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to the husband, and let not a husband leave his wife.

Jesus said, I tell you truly, there is no one who has left a house, or brothers, or sisters, or a mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the sake of the good news,

so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

a father against a son, and a son against a father; a mother against the daughter, and a daughter against the mother; a mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow you, but permit me first to bid farewell to those in my house.

A woman is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead then she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.