Verse 31

The man will be free of guilt, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:10 : 10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  • Lev 20:17-20 : 17 If a man marries his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and they see each other's nakedness, it is a disgrace. They shall be cut off in the sight of their people; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness and shall bear his iniquity. 18 If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for this would dishonor a close relative. They shall bear their iniquity. 20 If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
  • Num 9:13 : 13 But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to observe the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not present the LORD's offering at its appointed time. That person shall bear his sin.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and your justice like the noonday.
  • Ezek 18:4 : 4 Behold, all lives are mine; the life of the father and the life of the son belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and anger. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does what is evil, first for the Jew, then also for the Gentile.