Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
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- Matt 19:3-9 : 3 Then came vnto him the Pharises tempting him, & saying to him, Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wife vpon euery occasion? 4 And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female, 5 And sayd, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh. 6 Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together. 7 They said to him, Why did then Moses commaund to giue a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away? 8 He sayd vnto them, Moses, because of the hardnes of your heart, suffered you to put away your wiues: but from the beginning it was not so. 9 I say therefore vnto you, that whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for whoredome, and marry another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced, doeth commit adulterie.
- Eph 5:28-31 : 28 So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe. 29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church. 30 For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
- Mark 10:6-9 : 6 But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female: 7 For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife. 8 And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh. 9 Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate. 10 And in the house his disciples asked him againe of that matter. 11 And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her. 12 And if a woman put away her husband, & be married to another, she committeth adulterie.
- 1 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh. 17 But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lorde, is one spirite.
- Mal 2:14-16 : 14 Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lorde hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant. 15 And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, & let none trespasse against the wife of his youth. 16 If thou hatest her, put her away, sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment, saieth the Lord of hosts: therefore keepe your selues in your spirite, and transgresse not.
- 1 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband. 11 But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.
- 1 Pet 3:1-7 : 1 Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbandes, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues, 2 While they beholde your pure conuersation, which is with feare. 3 Whose apparelling, let it not be that outwarde, with broyded heare, and golde put about, or in putting on of apparell: 4 But let it bee the hidde man of the heart, which consisteth in the incorruption of a meeke and quiet spirite, which is before God a thing much set by. 5 For euen after this maner in time past did the holy women, which trusted in God, tire them selues, and were subiect to their husbands. 6 As Sara obeyed Abraham, and called him Sir: whose daughters ye are, whiles yee doe well, not being afraide of any terrour. 7 Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.
- 1 Cor 7:2-4 : 2 Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband. 3 Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband. 4 The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.
- Ps 45:10 : 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine eare: forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house.
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- Matt 19:4-63 verses93%
4 And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,
5 And sayd, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.
6 Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.
- Eph 5:28-336 verses93%
28 So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.
30 For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
32 This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.
33 Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.
- Mark 10:6-94 verses91%
6 But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female:
7 For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.
8 And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.
9 Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate.
- Gen 2:21-233 verses87%
21 Therefore the Lord God caused an heauie sleepe to fall vpon the man, and he slept: and he tooke one of his ribbes, & closed vp the flesh in steade thereof.
22 And the ribbe which the Lorde God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.
23 Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.
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25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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18 Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.
- Deut 24:1-22 verses75%
1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
2 And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,
- 1 Cor 7:2-43 verses75%
2 Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
3 Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.
4 The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.
- 1 Cor 6:16-172 verses75%
16 Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh.
17 But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lorde, is one spirite.
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15 And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, & let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.
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2 Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day that they were created.
- 1 Cor 7:10-112 verses71%
10 And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.
11 But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.
- Gen 1:27-282 verses71%
27 Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.
28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.
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30 No man shal take his fathers wife, nor shall vncouer his fathers skirt.
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20 (And the man called his wiues name Heuah, because she was the mother of all liuing)
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1 Afterwarde the man knewe Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.
- Eph 5:24-252 verses71%
24 Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbads in euery thing.
25 Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it,
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25 Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.
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30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.
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15 Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.
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22 Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.
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8 For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.
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13 For Adam was first formed, then Eue.
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18 Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
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11 When men striue together, one with another, if the wife of the one come neere, for to ridde her husband out of the handes of him that smiteth him, and put foorth her hand, and take him by his priuities,
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11 And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.
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11 Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.
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4 Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.
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7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.