Bible Cross References
love
Genesis 2:23
Then the man said, "At last, here is one of my own kind--- Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh. 'Woman' is her name because she was taken out of man."
Genesis 2:24
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in, and she became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca, and so he was comforted for the loss of his mother.
Proverbs 5:18
So be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married---
Proverbs 5:19
pretty and graceful as a deer. Let her charms keep you happy; let her surround you with her love.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the one you love, as long as you live the useless life that God has given you in this world. Enjoy every useless day of it, because that is all you will get for all your trouble.
Malachi 2:14-16
14
You ask why he no longer accepts them. It is because he knows you have broken your promise to the wife you married when you were young. She was your partner, and you have broken your promise to her, although you promised before God that you would be faithful to her.
15
Didn't God make you one body and spirit with her? What was his purpose in this? It was that you should have children who are truly God's people. So make sure that none of you breaks his promise to his wife.
16
"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel. "I hate it when one of you does such a cruel thing to his wife. Make sure that you do not break your promise to be faithful to your wife."
Luke 14:26
"Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
Ephesians 5:28
Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:29
(None of us ever hate our own bodies. Instead, we feed them, and take care of them, just as Christ does the church;
Ephesians 5:33
But it also applies to you: every husband must love his wife as himself, and every wife must respect her husband.
1 Peter 3:7
In the same way you husbands must live with your wives with the proper understanding that they are more delicate than you. Treat them with respect, because they also will receive, together with you, God's gift of life. Do this so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.
bitter
Colossians 3:21
Parents, do not irritate your children, or they will become discouraged.
Romans 3:14
their speech is filled with bitter curses.
Ephesians 4:31
Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort.
James 3:14
But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.