Genesis 2:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The LORD God said,“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 4:9-9 : 9 Labor is Beneficial When Its Rewards Are Shared Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor. 10 For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up. 11 Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself? 12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.
  • 1 Cor 11:7-9 : 7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man. 10 For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11 In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.
  • Gen 3:12 : 12 The man said,“The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw all that he had made– and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
  • 1 Tim 2:11-13 : 11 A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first and then Eve.
  • 1 Cor 7:36 : 36 If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.
  • Ruth 3:1 : 1 Naomi Instructs Ruth At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her,“My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.
  • Prov 18:22 : 22 The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 2:19-25
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    85%

    19The LORD God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

    20So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.

    21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.

    22Then the LORD God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

    23Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

    24That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

    25The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

  • Gen 2:15-17
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    15The LORD God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

    16Then the LORD God commanded the man,“You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,

    17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”

  • Gen 1:25-28
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    25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

  • Gen 5:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1From Adam to Noah This is the record of the family line of Adam.When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

    2He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them“humankind.”

  • Matt 19:4-6
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    4He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

    5and 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’?

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

  • 1 Cor 11:8-9
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    8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

    9Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

  • Gen 3:20-22
    3 verses
    72%

    20The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

    21The LORD God made garments from skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

    22And the LORD God said,“Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

  • Mark 10:6-9
    4 verses
    72%

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

    7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

    8and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

  • 1 Tim 2:13
    71%

    13For Adam was formed first and then Eve.

  • Gen 2:7-9
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    70%

    7The LORD God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

    8The LORD God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

    9The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food.(Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

  • 1 Cor 11:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

    12For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

  • Eccl 4:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    9Labor is Beneficial When Its Rewards Are Shared Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

    10For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

    11Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

  • Eph 5:31
    70%

    31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

  • Gen 4:1
    69%

    1The Story of Cain and Abel Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said,“I have created a man just as the LORD did!”

  • Gen 3:12
    68%

    12The man said,“The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.”

  • Gen 3:6
    68%

    6When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

  • Prov 18:22
    68%

    22The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the LORD.

  • Mal 2:15
    68%

    15No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

  • Gen 3:17
    68%

    17But to Adam he said,“Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,‘You must not eat from it,’ the ground is cursed because of you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.