Gen 2:24, 34:3, 1Sa 18:1-3, 1Ki 11:2, Rom 12:9 | ESV | STEP | Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife , and they shall become one flesh .

aCited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]

b ch. 20:17; Deut. 13:6; [ch. 19:2; 2 Sam. 1:26]

c[ch. 17:15]

d[See ver. 1 above]

eSee Ex. 34:16

f 2 Cor. 6:6; 1 Tim. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:22

g Ps. 97:10; 101:3; Amos 5:15; [1 Thess. 5:21, 22]

Genesis 2:24

24 ^aTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 34:3

3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

1 Samuel 18:1-3

David and Jonathan’s Friendship

1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan ^bloved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day ^cand would not let him return to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because ^dhe loved him as his own soul.

1 Kings 11:2

2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, ^e“You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

Romans 12:9

Marks of the True Christian

9 ^fLet love be genuine. ^gAbhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.