Matthew 19:5

American Standard Version (1901)

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

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  • 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
  • Eph 5:31 : 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
  • Gen 2:21-24 : 21 And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: 22 and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  • 1 Kgs 11:2 : 2 of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.
  • Mark 10:5-9 : 5 But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; 8 and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
  • Deut 4:4 : 4 But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.
  • Deut 11:22 : 22 For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
  • 1 Sam 18:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
  • 2 Sam 1:26 : 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 5:28-33
    6 verses
    94%

    28Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

    29for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

    30because we are members of his body.

    31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

    32This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

    33Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.

  • Gen 2:22-25
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    93%

    22and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

    23And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

    25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Mark 10:5-12
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    91%

    5But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

    6But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

    7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

    8and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

    9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    10And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.

    11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

    12and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

  • Matt 19:6-10
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    91%

    6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away?

    8He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

    9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

    10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

  • Matt 19:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?

    4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,

  • 1 Cor 6:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

    17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

    32but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

  • Gen 2:18
    73%

    18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

  • Mal 2:15
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    15And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

  • Deut 24:1-2
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    73%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife] .

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    73%

    2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

    11(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

  • Gen 5:2
    72%

    2male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

  • Luke 16:18
    72%

    18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

  • Luke 20:34
    71%

    34And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

  • Eph 5:25
    71%

    25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

  • Luke 18:29
    71%

    29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

  • Prov 5:18
    70%

    18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

    5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

  • Eph 5:22
    69%

    22Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

  • Matt 22:25
    69%

    25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

  • Gen 1:27
    69%

    27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  • Matt 19:29
    69%

    29And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

  • Matt 5:27
    69%

    27Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

  • Matt 19:19
    69%

    19Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.