Matthew 19:6
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
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- Rom 7:2 : 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
- Mark 10:9 : 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- Prov 2:17 : 17 who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.
- Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
- 1 Cor 7:10-14 : 10 To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband 11 (but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
- Eph 5:28 : 28 In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
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- Mark 10:5-128 verses93%
5But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.
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.”
10In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.
11So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
- Matt 19:3-53 verses91%
3Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”
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’?
- Eph 5:28-325 verses85%
28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29For no one has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,
30because we are members of his body.
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.
32This mystery is great– but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
- Gen 2:23-253 verses84%
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.
- Matt 19:7-104 verses82%
7They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
8Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
9Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
10The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”
- 1 Cor 6:15-173 verses80%
15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
16Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”
17But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.
- Matt 5:31-322 verses77%
31Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
32But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
- Deut 24:1-22 verses74%
1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.
- 1 Cor 7:9-113 verses74%
9But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
10To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband
11(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
- Luke 20:34-352 verses73%
34So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
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2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
- Mal 2:15-162 verses72%
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.
16“I hate divorce,” says the LORD God of Israel,“and the one who is guilty of violence,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.”
- Matt 22:30-312 verses71%
30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,
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4Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
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17They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.
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18The LORD God said,“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”
- 1 Cor 7:4-52 verses70%
4It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.
5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
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27The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.
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25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
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23In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”