Matthew 19:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'
  • Eph 5:31 : 31 `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'
  • Gen 2:21-24 : 21 And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. 22 And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; 23 and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken; 24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
  • 1 Kgs 11:2 : 2 of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, `Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;' to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
  • Mark 10:5-9 : 5 And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command, 6 but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; 7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, 8 and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh; 9 what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.
  • Deut 4:4 : 4 and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, `are' alive, all of you, to-day.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 `Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, Him thou dost serve, and to Him thou dost cleave, and by His name thou dost swear.
  • Deut 11:22 : 22 `For, if ye diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you -- to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him,
  • 1 Sam 18:1 : 1 And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.
  • 2 Sam 1:26 : 26 I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 5:28-33
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    28so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;

    29for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,

    30because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

    31`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

    32this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

    33but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.

  • Gen 2:22-25
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    22And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man;

    23and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;

    24therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

    25And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

  • Mark 10:5-12
    8 verses
    91%

    5And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

    6but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;

    7on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

    8and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

    9what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

    10And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

    11and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

    12and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to 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 did join together, let no man put asunder.'

    7They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

    8He saith to them -- `Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

    9`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

    10His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

  • Matt 19:3-4
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    84%

    3And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

    4And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made `them', from the beginning a male and a female made them,

  • 1 Cor 6:16-17
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    16have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'

    17And he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit;

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

    32but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

  • Gen 2:18
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    18And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'

  • Mal 2:15
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    15And He did not make one `only', And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what `is' the one `alone'! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

  • Deut 24:1-2
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    1`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

    2and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

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

    10and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

    11but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

  • Gen 5:2
    72%

    2a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

  • Luke 16:18
    72%

    18`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

  • Luke 20:34
    71%

    34And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

  • Eph 5:25
    71%

    25The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

  • Luke 18:29
    71%

    29and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

  • Prov 5:18
    70%

    18Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

    5Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

  • Eph 5:22
    69%

    22The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

  • Matt 22:25
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    25`And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

  • Gen 1:27
    69%

    27And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

  • Matt 19:29
    69%

    29and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

  • Matt 5:27
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    27`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

  • Matt 19:19
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    19honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'