Matthew 19:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?›

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  • 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
  • Eph 5:31 : 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
  • Gen 2:21-24 : 21 ¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam 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 the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto 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 And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.› 6 ‹But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.› 7 ‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;› 8 ‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.› 9 ‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 [Let] love be without dissimulation. 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 the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
  • Deut 11:22 : 22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD 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 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 5:28-33
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    94%

    28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

    29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

    30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

    31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

    32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

    33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.

  • Gen 2:22-25
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    93%

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

    23And Adam 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
    8 verses
    91%

    5And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.›

    6‹But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.›

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

    8‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.›

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

    10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].

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

    12‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›

  • Matt 19:6-10
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    91%

    6‹Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

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

    8He saith unto them, ‹Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.›

    9‹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except› [it be] ‹for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.›

    10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Matt 19:3-4
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    84%

    3¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

    4And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›

  • 1 Cor 6:16-17
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    77%

    16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

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

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:›

    32‹But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.›

  • Gen 2:18
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    18¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

  • Mal 2:15
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    15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek 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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    1¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him 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%

    2Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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

    10¶ And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:

    11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [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%

    18‹Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from› [her] ‹husband committeth adultery.›

  • Luke 20:34
    71%

    34And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:›

  • Eph 5:25
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    25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself 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 parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,›

  • Prov 5:18
    70%

    18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
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    70%

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

    5Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

  • Eph 5:22
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    22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

  • Gen 1:27
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    27So 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%

    29‹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.›

  • Matt 5:27
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    27¶ ‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:›

  • Matt 19:19
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    19‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›