Ephesians 5:31

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’

Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”

Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon joined to these in love.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”

When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”

The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

But you who were faithful to Yahweh your God are all alive today.

You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him—

“But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.

Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of my people, and haven’t told it to me.” He said to her, “Behold, I haven’t told my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?”

Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.

When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife.

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

By faith, Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.

without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;