Matthew 19:5
and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh?
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Genesis 34:3And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.
Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shall fear LORD thy God. Him thou shall serve, and to him thou shall cling, and by his name thou shall swear.
1 Samuel 18:1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan. Very pleasant thou have been to me. Thy love to me was wonderful, exceeding the love of women.
Psalms 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.
Mark 10:5But having answered, Jesus said to them, For your hard heart he wrote for you this commandment.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13
The Law of Divorce. 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? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 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? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →