Genesis 29:14; Judges 9:2; 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 19:13; Ephesians 5:28–30

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Genesis 29:14

14 and Laban said to him, “Surely you are amy bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.


Judges 9:2

2 “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am iyour bone and your flesh.”


2 Samuel 5:1

David Anointed King of Israel

1 zThen all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, awe are your bone and flesh.


2 Samuel 19:13

13 And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on nin place of Joab.’”


Ephesians 5:28–30

28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as htheir own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because iwe are jmembers of his body.