Ephesians 5:29
For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
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- Ezekiel 34:14–15 I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ephesians 5:31 “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”
- Proverbs 11:17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.