Genesis 2:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”
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“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 2:24 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:58They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
- Genesis 31:14And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
- Leviticus 22:12If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
- Deuteronomy 4:4But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
- Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
- Joshua 23:8Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
- 1 Samuel 25:43David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
- Matthew 19:3Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
- Romans 7:2For instance, 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 marriage.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
- Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- 1 Peter 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
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