Matthew 19:5
“For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife, and these two shall become one flesh.
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Genesis 34:3And his soul was closely bound to her, and, since she was sorrowful, he soothed her with flattery.
Deuteronomy 10:20You shall fear the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
1 Samuel 18:1And it happened that, when he had completed speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan adhered to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him like his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan: exceedingly stately, and worthy to be loved above the love of women. As a mother loves her only son, so also did I love you.
Psalms 45:10carrying away wars even to the end of the earth. He will crush the bow and break the weapons, and he will burn the shield with fire.
Mark 10:5But Jesus responded by saying: “It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you.
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 →