Deuteronomy 25:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

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  • Ruth 4:6 : 6 And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

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  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

    6And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

    7And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.

  • Deut 25:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.

    10And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

  • Deut 22:13-20
    8 verses
    74%

    13If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

    14and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;

    15then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

    16and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

    17and, lo, he hath laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

    18And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

    19and they shall fine him a hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

    20But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

  • Gen 24:8
    73%

    8And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

    17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Gen 24:37-39
    3 verses
    71%

    37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

    38but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

    39And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

    7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Exod 21:8-11
    4 verses
    70%

    8If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

    9And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

    10If he take him another [wife] ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

    11And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Judg 15:2
    69%

    2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

  • Deut 21:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

    15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

  • Deut 22:29
    68%

    29then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

  • Num 30:11
    68%

    11and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

  • Deut 15:16
    68%

    16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

  • Gen 24:5
    68%

    5And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
    68%

    8And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

  • Matt 22:25
    68%

    25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

  • Judg 14:3
    68%

    3Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    68%

    26but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

  • Lev 25:26
    68%

    26And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;

  • Deut 22:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

    24then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

  • Num 30:8
    68%

    8But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.

  • Deut 28:30
    67%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Judg 19:28
    67%

    28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up upon the ass; and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

  • 2 Sam 13:12
    67%

    12And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

  • Gen 24:41
    67%

    41then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

  • Deut 19:12
    67%

    12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Judg 21:22
    67%

    22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man [of them] his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.

  • Num 27:10
    67%

    10And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

  • Ruth 4:8
    67%

    8So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.