Deuteronomy 25:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

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  • Ruth 4:6 : 6 And the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

    6Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

    7But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

  • Deut 25:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.

    10And his family will be named in Israel, The house of him whose shoe has been taken off.

  • Deut 22:13-20
    8 verses
    74%

    13If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

    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:

    15Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

    16And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her;

    17And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.

    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,

  • Gen 24:8
    73%

    8And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 24:37-39
    3 verses
    71%

    37And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

    39And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

    7Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

  • Exod 21:8-11
    4 verses
    70%

    8If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

    9And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

    10And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

    11And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

  • Judg 15:2
    69%

    2And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

  • Deut 21:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

    15If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

  • Deut 22:29
    68%

    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.

  • Num 30:11
    68%

    11If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

  • Deut 15:16
    68%

    16But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

  • Gen 24:5
    68%

    5And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
    68%

    8And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

  • Matt 22:25
    68%

    25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;

  • Judg 14:3
    68%

    3Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    68%

    26But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

  • Lev 25:26
    68%

    26And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

  • Deut 22:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

    24Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Num 30:8
    68%

    8If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.

  • Deut 28:30
    67%

    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.

  • Judg 19:28
    67%

    28And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.

  • 2 Sam 13:12
    67%

    12And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.

  • Gen 24:41
    67%

    41And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Deut 19:12
    67%

    12The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • Judg 21:22
    67%

    22And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.

  • Num 27:10
    67%

    10And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.

  • Ruth 4:8
    67%

    8So the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took off his shoe.