Ephesians 5:29

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Cross References (9)

  • Ephesians 5:31 (5)

    “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

  • Ezekiel 34:14–15 (5)

    I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down

  • Proverbs 11:17 (4)

    A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:5 (4)

    The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

  • John 6:50–58 (4)

    This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

  • Isaiah 40:11 (3)

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently lead

  • Matthew 23:37 (2)

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your chil

  • Ezekiel 34:27 (1)

    The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land

  • Romans 1:31 (1)

    They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.