Matthew 19:5
He who made them also said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and join to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.'
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Genesis 34:3He was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
Deuteronomy 10:20You will fear Yahweh your God; him will you worship. To him you must cling, and by his name will you swear.
1 Samuel 18:1When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. 1 You were very dear to me. 1 Your love to me was wonderful, 1 exceeding the love of women. 1
Psalms 45:10Listen, daughter, consider and incline your ear; 1 forget your own people and your father's house. 1
Mark 10:5“It was because of your hard hearts that he wrote you this law,” Jesus said to them.
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 →