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Matthew 19:6

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Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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  1. Hebrews 13:4Rank 1 from verse 6
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    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  2. Mark 10:9Rank 2 from verse 6
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    9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

  3. 1 Corinthians 7:10–14Rank 3 from verse 6
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    10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

    11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

    12But 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.

    13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

    14For 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.

  4. Romans 7:2Rank 4 from verse 6
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    2For 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.

  5. Ephesians 5:28Rank 5 from verse 6
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    28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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Matthew 19:6

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

twain

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Two persons or things considered together or separately; a pair or both of two.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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joined

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Connected, fastened, united, associated, attached, adjoining, or brought together.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

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