The King James Version Bible

Matthew 19:5

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?

Cross References

  1. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
  2. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
  3. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  4. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
  5. But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
  6. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
  7. For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
  8. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
  9. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
  10. Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
  11. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
  12. My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
  13. And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  14. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
  15. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
  16. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.