Deuteronomy 22:30
A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 27:20 : 20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
- Lev 18:8 : 8 And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
- Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
- 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
- Ruth 3:9 : 9 And he said, Who are you? And she answering said, I am your servant Ruth: take your servant as wife, for you are a near relation.
- Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.
- 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Lev 18:6-2015 verses85%
6You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
7You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.
8And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
9You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.
10You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;
11Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.
12You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.
13You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.
14You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;
15Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.
16You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.
17You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.
18And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
19And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.
20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.
- Lev 20:17-215 verses80%
17And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.
18And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.
19And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.
20And if a man has sex relations with the wife of his father's brother, he has put shame on his father's brother: their sin will be on them; till the day of their death they will have no children.
21And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.
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20Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
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11And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
- Deut 22:28-292 verses78%
28If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;
29Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.
- Ezek 22:10-112 verses76%
10In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.
11And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.
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16But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.
- Deut 22:18-203 verses75%
18Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment;
19They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life.
20But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,
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14And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.
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14Do not be false to the married relation.
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29Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.
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14And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:
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5It is not right for a woman to be dressed in man's clothing, or for a man to put on a woman's robe: whoever does such things is disgusting to the Lord your God.
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29So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
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13By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;
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17Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
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30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.
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26And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.
- Exod 22:16-172 verses73%
16If a man takes a virgin, who has not given her word to another man, and has connection with her, he will have to give a bride-price for her to be his wife.
17If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.
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7They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
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13And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
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15Who has not taken the flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel, and has not had connection with his neighbour's wife,
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12On the four edges of your robe, with which your body is covered, put ornaments of twisted threads.
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20If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.
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18Do not be false to the married relation.
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15And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.