Ephesians 5:29
"For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:"
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- Ephesians 5:31
"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."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 34:14
"I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 4:5
"The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh."
Read in chapter → - John 6:50
"This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:17
"The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 40:11
"He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 34:27
"And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them."
Read in chapter → - Romans 1:31
"Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:"
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