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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mat 19:6 — Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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Pro 2:17; Mal 2:14; Mar 10:9; Rom 7:2; 1Cr 7:10-14; Eph 5:28; Hbr 13:4 |
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"[zeugos ( zeu=gov )] ""hath yoked together,"" as oxen in the plough, where each must pull equally in order to bring it on. Among the ancients, they put a yoke upon the necks of a new married couple, or chains on their arms, to shew that they were to be one, closely united, and pulling equally together in all the concerns of life." |
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Pro 2:17 |
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. |
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Mal 2:14 |
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. |
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Mar 10:9 |
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. |
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Rom 7:2 |
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband. |
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1Cr 7:10 |
And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband: |
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1Cr 7:11 |
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife. |
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1Cr 7:12 |
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. |
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1Cr 7:13 |
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. |
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1Cr 7:14 |
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. |
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Eph 5:28 |
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. |
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Hbr 13:4 |
Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 19:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/19/6.html>.
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